Lot 84

A HERIZ CARPET
NORTH WEST PERSIA, ClRCA 1890

The ivory field with four scrolling tendrils terminating in palmettes issuing from an ivory lozenge medallion with flowerhead pendants containing floral sprays radiating from a shaded fox-brown gabled medallion outlined by blue arabesques and enclosing flowerheads, the linked ivory spandrels with angular arabesques and flowering vine, a similar fox-brown panel in each corner, in a shaded blue flowerhead and angular serrated leaf border between ivory leafy meander stripes, a few areas of very slight wear, slight repair at each end, selvages replaced.
9ft.7in. x 7ft.10in. (291cm. x 238cm .)

Est.: £8,000-10,000, US$14,000-l6,000
Sold for £10,350