A fine Ispahan carpet, the brick-red field with meandering floral vines connecting stylised palmettes and serrated leaves in ivory, tan, green and blue around concentric ivory floral medallion with pendants, ivory and blue arabesque spandrels surrounded by deep blue meandering palmette vine border between ivory and indigo flowering vine stripes, short kelim at each end --11ft.10in. x 7ft.9in.(360cm. x 236cm.)