A vintage Persian Mashad carpet. Never say ‘dark’, but instead emphasize the jewel tones, the richness of the palette. This Mashad from Khorassan in NE Persia is exactly one of those carpets with a central column of ivory palmettes defining a unidirectional pattern including overlapping doubled leaves on a navy ground. The deep wine red cochineal main border displays a signature roundel of the weaver at one end.