Afshiar Rug ca. 1900 or earlier; 4’4” x 4’11” / 132 x 150 cm Field composed of stepped diamonds in a lattice. Each diamond with a lobed blossom at center, part of a symmetrical arrangement. In turquoise, dark chocolate. ivory white, and salmon. Borders: two with a right-angle meander of half-star blooms on ivory. And an interlock of rams-horns in salmon, golden-rod, and teal. Traces of end kilims and multicolored selvedge wraps. Areas of wear in some spots to foundation; traces of moth bite, fraying to all four edges.