A fine Kerman carpet, the eau-de-nil field with overall floral sprays and small floral motifs around shaped cartouches containing stylised cruciform motifs with palmettes and lozenges issuing serrated palmettes and leaves in various colours surrounded by ivory meandering palmette vine border between pale moss-green similar stripes, outer burgundy flowering vine stripes --11ft.3in. x 6ft.2in.(342cm. x 188cm.) See Illustration