AN ANTIQUE SAROUK CARPET, the shaded indigo field with an overall design of tendrils issuing palmettes and floral sprays, in a shaded rust-red border of palmettes scrolling tendrils, serrated leaves and floral sprays between shaded ice-blue meandering leafy vine, zigzag and reciprocal panelled stripes, inner stripe with signature cartouche at one end (areas of slight wear, slight loss at one end, a few minute repairs)