Vintage Persian Tabriz Room Size Carpet

An eleven column, closely set, relatively small-scale version of the traditional Harshang (“Crab”) design neatly fills the light brown field while the border employs well-barbed diagonal leaves forming a meander enclosing reversing shield palmettes. Urban version of a village pattern which, in turn, descends from still earlier urban sources. What goes around, comes around. Cotton foundation. Reduced palette.