A fine Kuba carpet, the indigo field with diagonal rows of large and small hooked boteh, small flowerheads and hooked lozenge shaped motifs in various colours around three hooked shaded rust and blue hexagonal panels containing stylised flowerhead centrepieces and serrated motifs surrounded by shaded fox-red border of hooked octagons between charcoal-black floral vine stripes, slight wear at each end --12ft.1in. x 6ft.8in.(368cm. x 204cm.)