AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE HERIZ RUG, the ivory field with two flowering trees supporting birds, prowling lions and 'Hittites' holding dogs, two lower light blue spandrels with floral sprays, in a shaded brown border of palmettes and arabesques between ivory meandering flowering vine stripes, outer red similar stripe (areas of slight wear and repair)

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AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE HERIZ RUG, the ivory field with two flowering trees supporting birds, prowling lions and 'Hittites' holding dogs, two lower light blue spandrels with floral sprays, in a shaded brown border of palmettes and arabesques between ivory meandering flowering vine stripes, outer red similar stripe (areas of slight wear and repair)
5ft.3in. x 4ft.8in. (160cm. x 142cm.)

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A wool rug with a design of a type far more freqently found in silk from the same area.

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