AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUE KASHAN 'MOCHTASHAM' CARPET of Joshaghan design, the field with a lattice of polychrome stepped lozenges containg a variety of floral sprays and panels in a broad ivory border of palmette and leafy vine linking polychrome rosettes, an inscription cartouche at one end stating "made to the order of Hajji Mohammed Agha .... Kashani" between brick-red meandering floral, indigo boteh vine, reciprocal Y and trefoil stripes, a kilim strip at each end (negligible wear, corroded black)