IMPORTANT BIDJAR Iran Circa 1950 Quality silky wool velvet on cotton backing. Edges slightly worn, a few small spots of wear in one end of the carpet. Beautiful and original design (no central medallion, sought-after decorative motifs). Salmon pink field decorated with five rows of palmettes and floral bulbs finely drawn in polychrome and in the form of a mosaic surrounded by garlands of flowers in the form of necklaces of multicoloured stylised diamonds. Five borders, the main one midnight blue, with geometric floral buds encircled by leaves in the form of crab claws and stylised ram's horns. 617 x 396 cm Bibliography : Andrew Middleton ( le tour du monde des tapis ) R.Samani ( reconnaître les tapis ), Taschen ( les tapis d'orient ), E. Gans -Ruedin ( Splendour of the Persian carpet ) Armen Hangeldian .