AN ANTIQUE SILK SOUF FEREGHAN RUG, the flatwoven golden-yellow field with diagonal rows of delicate floral sprays, in an ice-blue border of linked flowerheads and floral stems between blackcurrant-red meandering floral and boteh vine and minor ribbon motif stripes, a striped kilim strip at each end with piled silk flowerheads, braided ends (crease lines)