Shiraz Khamse Persian circa 1900 antique, collector's item, Size: 253 x 176 (cm) 8' 4" x 5' 9" carpet id: UD-2
Vegetable dyes, the black color is oxidized, the knots are hand spun lamb wool, the warp and the weft threads are mixed with wool and goat hair, geometric design, at the center three medallions are ivory surrounded with birds, the background color is indigo, the surrounded large border is ivory, very fine knotted, soft as an handkerchief, certain places the pile is slightly short, the carpet is in its original shape.