Large Vintage Khorassan Carpet BB7228

  

Size: 14'14" × 19'2" (432 × 584 cm). An early 20th century Khorassan rug. The blue field with an overall dense trellis design of flowering vines, feathery leaves and palmettes within a camel palmette and feathery leaf border. Khorasan consists of two words, "Khor" and "Asan, " meaning "rising sun" as befits a region on Iran's eastern border. Bordering the Salt Desert to the west and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the east the Khorassan region (or more correctly, province) is home to many well-known antique rug.

Workshops in the towns of Amoghli, Khamenei, Makhmalbaf, Saber, Zarbaf, and, of course, Meshad. With a good supply of soft wool, high quality craftsmen, a mix of larger city-based workshops, looms in smaller villages, and access to the Silk Road, Khorassan has a reputation far and wide as a source of the largest and most varied assortment of beautiful Oriental rugs. This item is in the category "Antiques\Rugs & Carpets".

The seller is "dorisleslieblau" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Regional Design: Persian
• Color: Multicolored
• Size: 14x19ft.
• Style: Botanic
• Material: 100% Wool
• Shape: Rectangle
• Type: Area Rug
• Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1939
• Brand: Doris Leslie Blau