An antique Persian Sultanabad carpet. The crisp madder red field of this antique west Persian village carpet displays a dense, textile-like layering of various rosettes, palmettes, stems and flowering plants in salmon, medium blue, navy, green and ivory. The spectacular pale green main border shows off orange and goldenrod exuberant acanthus leaves between red accented, multi-petal palmettes. The field/ border contrast is artistic and memorable.