MELAYER carpet, (Persia), late 19th century Dimensions... Lot 63

MELAYER carpet, (Persia), late 19th century Dimensions : 191 x 120cm Technical characteristics : Wool velvet on a cotton foundation. A midnight blue field, decorated with trellises and pastel geometric flowers called "Herati", framed by four ivory spandrels, highlighted brick, jagged, and with delicate floral compositions, are enclosed by a brick red main border with scrolls of stylized flowers, flanked by two ivory counter-borders with garlands of flowers