An antique Persian Sultanabad carpet. Small black leaves accent the curving ivory arabesques in a large scale allover pattern on a slate ground in this antique west Persian village carpet. The pale green main border shows oval, multi-petal rosettes and chunky four-part square flowers in a popular Sultanabad/Mahal pattern. Sultanabad rugs are the best of the coarser weave large carpets from the prolific Arak region.