Antique Persian Tabriz Room Size Carpet

A wool pile of symmetric knots on a cotton foundation. A thread-thin lattice defines the reserves on the powder beige field. Octograms enclosing octagons, petal-shaped palmettes, and other palmettes move across the field. Unusually, the dark palmette pairs face toward the left. The strip-style border features slanted amphora irises and petal-shaped palmettes.