AN UNUSUAL QASHQAI RUG, the shaded plum-red field with small floral motifs and boteh together with hooked comb-motifs and butterflies around an ivory angular gabled panel containing a central orange panel with minor angular motifs, in an ivory rectangular panel and zigzag motif border with brief inscription and the date 1319 (1901-2AD) between orange flowerhead and serrated leaf stripes, various minor stripes, a panelled skirt and kilim strip at each end