An antique Dragon Soumac carpet, the brick-red field with variety of hooked, serrated and floral motifs around central column of hooked octagons and lozenges in yellow, ivory, pistachio-green and blue flanked by hooked angular bars surrounded by panelled border of octagons, each with stellar flowerhead between hooked, barber-pole and running-dog stripes, worn, damaged --9ft.8in. x 6ft.(294cm. x 183cm.)