A SILK AND METAL THREAD TEHERAN CARPET, the powder-pink field scattered with a variety of floral stems and animals in combat around a central indigo medallion depicting peris around a central similar enthroned figure, the panel and lozenge pendants with floral design, the silver-grey spandrels with a flowering branch and birds, in an indigo leafy vine and palmette border between sandy-yellow, ivory and ice-blue angular vine stripes, plain pink outer stripe, each end with an embroidered camel-motif stripe, a signature cartouche at one end