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EXCEPTIONNEL, RARE, FIN ET TRÈS IMPORTANT MECHED

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EXCEPTIONAL, RARE, FINE AND VERY IMPORTANT MECHED
High-quality silky lambswool velvet
on cotton foundations.
Ruby field with rich scrolls and palmettes
and volutes of palmettes, and flower bulbs
surrounded by finely drawn foliage
foliage framing a large central
a large central midnight-blue rosette
with a floral crown surrounded by palmettes
of water-drop-shaped flowers
(reminiscent of the famous Ardebil carpet
carpet on display at the Victoria &| Albert Museum
Museum in London). Four spandrels decorated
reminiscent of the central medallion.
Eight borders, the main one cherry-red
decorated to resemble the central field.
In the tradition of the prestigious
Meched Amogli.
Density: approx. 7500 knots per dm2.
Iran, circa 1930.
Dimensions: 655 x 432 cm
(Good general condition)