A SILK AND METAL THREAD SOUF KASHAN PRAYER RUG, the flatwoven beige field with a pedestal supporting a handled vase issuing floral sprays flanked by large trees with entwined branches sprouting a variety of flowerheads, the cusped metal-thread mihrab arch with similar motifs, in a beige border of floral sprays between burgundy floral and minor reciprocal skittle-pattern stripes (negligible wear) 10ft.3in. x 6ft.3in. (312cm. x 191cm.)