An antique Shirvan rug, the shaded indigo field with variety of floral and hooked motifs around a column of five lozenge shaped and serrated medallions in yellow, brick-red, blue, indigo and ivory surrounded by ivory linked hooked motif border between hooked, flowerhead and barber-pole stripes, areas of wear --9ft.2in. x 4ft.7in. (279cm. x 140cm.)