This fragment comes from the lower right hand corner of a large 'audience' or 'triclinium' carpet. Complete examples are known from the Afshar tribes (Christie's, 16 October 1986, Lot 23), from Kirman (Christie's, Elveden Hall, 22 May 1984, Lot 2159) as well as Bidjar. The red field is from one of two runners which would have flanked a central carpet, all three of which would have been surmounted by a fourth lying crosswise, of approximately the same proportions as the central carpet. While this is only a fragment, it shows the weaving of nineteenth century Bidjar at its very best.