Of Safavid 'Emperor's Carpet' design, finely woven, overall wear and scattered areas of associated repiling
24ft.7in. x 13ft.3in. (753cm. x 471cm.)

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The inscription cartouche possibly reads; Minooyi

The design, including the inscription cartouches, closely copies the Safavid 'Emperor's carpets' one of which is in the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Vienna and its pair, sold to Duveen through Christie's in 1929, is now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York. A similar example woven in the Petag workshop, which had white cotton highlights within its design, was sold in these Rooms, 7 October 2010, lot 113 and a larger carpet of over seven meters was published by Franz Bausback, Alte und Antike Orientalishe Knupkunst, Mannheim, October 1980, p.64.