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an antique serapi carpet
The shaded brick-red field with large aqua-blue shaped floral panels issuing bold angular leaves around beidge shaped medallion with bold multiple pendants containing sea-green angular floral panel flanked by flowering vine, brick-red cross centrepiece, ivory light camel brick-red and aqua-blue linked floral spandrels in broad shaded brick-red border of large polychrome turtle palmettes, angular flower-head, leafy vine between ivory and aqua-blue flowering vine stripes, areas of wear, loss of outer stripe at one end
578cm. x 338cm.
The shaded brick-red field with large aqua-blue shaped floral panels issuing bold angular leaves around beidge shaped medallion with bold multiple pendants containing sea-green angular floral panel flanked by flowering vine, brick-red cross centrepiece, ivory light camel brick-red and aqua-blue linked floral spandrels in broad shaded brick-red border of large polychrome turtle palmettes, angular flower-head, leafy vine between ivory and aqua-blue flowering vine stripes, areas of wear, loss of outer stripe at one end
578cm. x 338cm.