A fine Bijar carpet, the shaded brick-red field with columns of stylised serrated, hooked and floral palmettes, floral sprays and small flowerheads in yellow, aqua-green, indigo, ivory, apricot, blue and camel surrounded by broad indigo border of large floral palmettes and meandering boteh vine between sky-blue flowering vine and brick-red arabesques stripes, outer plain stripe --19ft.5in. x 12ft.(590cm. x 366cm.)