LARGE, FINE AND ORIGINAL TABRIZ Wool velvet on cotton foundation. Ivory field decorated with semis of cartouches and polychrome floral star medallions. They are surrounded by animals and garlands of multicoloured flowering palmettes framing an original central medallion decorated with animals and a Persian landscape. Four salmon pink spandrels with floral bulbs in the shape of stylised mushrooms. Four borders, the main one bluish grey with a semiset of cartouches with stylised landscapes surrounded by stylised birds and animals. North West Iran, mid 20th century 345 x 227 cm (Good condition) Expert : Frank Kassapian