This stunning antique Serapi adapts classic Persian rug design to the crisp geometric sensibility of village weaving. At the center a monumental blue medallion with internal floral detail and projecting red finials floats amidst an ivory ground, surrounded by a sparing corolla of angular vines and palmettes. Grand red cornerpieces fill out the field, utilizing once again a restrained or spare array of stylized vinescroll elements. In place of the customary vinescroll, this unusual piece has a main border of made of octagonal medallions in various different colors with hooked motifs as fillers. Flanking ivory-ground minor borders help to frame the field.
Style: Heriz-Serapi
Origin: Persia
Size: 9. ft 09 in x 14 ft (2.97 m x 4.27 m)
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