A fine Tabriz carpet of Safavid design, the field with lattice of fine arabesque vine enclosing large ogival panels in variety of pastel colours, each with strand of delicate flowering vine around bold central palmette or flowerhead surrounded by narrow raspberry-red border of serrated palmettes issuing stylised floral sprays between ivory and aqua-green minor stripes, kelim ends --12ft.3in. x 9ft.3in. (373cm. x 281cm.)