Antique Persian Malayer Gallery Carpet

A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. The dark taupe-brown to charcoal-brown field displays an exceptionally precise, mid-scale allover Herati pattern with fringed open lozenges, forming an eight-column overpattern of horizontal and diagonal gridwork. Accents in ivory, tan, muted blue, teal, rust, and dark brown enliven the design. The wheat-to-pale-straw, strip-style main border features reversing turtle palmettes.