Antique Persian Mahal Large Carpet

A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The rare goldenrod field presents a version of the allover Harshang design, with ragged upright and languid serrated palmettes, pointed ovals sprouting florets, rosettes, and square nine-flower groupings. A strip-style border on a bone ground features rosettes, broken stiff vinery, and reversing turtle palmettes.