It is extremely rare to find a Bakhtiari rug made of silk. The design found here is identical to one found in a woollen carpet made for Kuda Rahm Khan, who married into the Bakhtiari khanate, in 1905-6 (Bennett, I: 'Carpets of the Khans, part 2', HALI 44, April 1989, pp.18-29, pl.32). Both examples not only have the same design, but also the same feature of a few of the panels forming concentric lozenges of different colours.

In structure and some of the colours this rug is however more reminiscenet of some of the Qashqai silk rugs. Notable are the purple colour included in small details, the very low cut original pile, the multicoloured silk warps and the pale orange weft.