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a fine silk cum carpet of ardebil design
The terracotta field with polychrome flowering vine around a concentric indigo medallion with pendants issuing multiple floral palmettes containing similar smaller olive-green and aqua-blue floral medallions with a flower-head centre piece, the ivory spandrels with floral vine and arabesques, in deep indigo border of serrated palmettes and leafy vine, between olive-green and apricot floral meander stripes, outer reciprocal and plain stripes
320cm. x 231cm.
The terracotta field with polychrome flowering vine around a concentric indigo medallion with pendants issuing multiple floral palmettes containing similar smaller olive-green and aqua-blue floral medallions with a flower-head centre piece, the ivory spandrels with floral vine and arabesques, in deep indigo border of serrated palmettes and leafy vine, between olive-green and apricot floral meander stripes, outer reciprocal and plain stripes
320cm. x 231cm.