IRAN Tall and thin Nain In the Habibian Dwarf tradition In wool and silk Ivory field decorated with scrolls of fine twisted crenellated stems terminating in palmettes of flowers surrounded by finely drawn serrated leaves framing a large central poly-lobed rosette with beige, sky blue, bluish grey and celadon floral crowns Four spandrels decorated in the same way as the central medallion Seven borders, the main one cream with foliage and garlands of flowers Circa 1980 266 x 173 cm