A vintage Persian Malayer rug. Several small perky birds have worked their way into the Malayer-specific variation on the Herati design. Here a central chain of fringed diamonds is flanked by floating rosettes and “fish” leaves on the visibly abrashed soft slate-brown ground. The straw main border with its dark brown popsicle palmettes seems to overlay the field.

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