A massive Malayer carpet of a Mazlaghan design, the shaded brick-red field with angular vine linking polychrome floral motifs around large shaded indigo medallion with hooked palmette pendants containing diagonal rows of stylised floral bouquets in brick-red, pistachio-green, yellow, sky-blue and rose-red, similar indigo spandrels surrounded by shaded light-blue border of stylised polychrome floral motifs between brick-red flowering vine stripes, outer zig-zag stripes, areas of some wear --21ft.2in. x 12ft.3in.(644cmn. x 373cm.)