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An antique Muchtasham Kashan mat
the ivory field with delicate angular floral tendrils around shaded indigo stepped medallion with palmette pendants containing brick-red shaped panel with stylised flowerheads centrepiece issuing polychrome serrated palmette, shaded indigo linked spandrels similar, in shaded indigo border of multicoloured flowerheads, stylised split palmettes and meandering tendrils between reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, silk selvedge, slight wear and loss at one end --86cm. x 58cm. (2ft.10in. x 1ft.11in.)
the ivory field with delicate angular floral tendrils around shaded indigo stepped medallion with palmette pendants containing brick-red shaped panel with stylised flowerheads centrepiece issuing polychrome serrated palmette, shaded indigo linked spandrels similar, in shaded indigo border of multicoloured flowerheads, stylised split palmettes and meandering tendrils between reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes, silk selvedge, slight wear and loss at one end --86cm. x 58cm. (2ft.10in. x 1ft.11in.)