A 'Benlian' Tabriz carpet, Northwest Persia,

with Benlian star motif in inner guard stripe

Colour in printed catalogue is very slightly too warm; the tawny coloured leaves are more tan in colour than terracotta and the goround is a more neautral creamy colour than it appears in print. Please note the vertical shadow stripes in the illustration are from creases in the pile when the carpet was photographed: these are not permanent. the pile is very good overall, approximately 5-6 mm in depth; fringes are trimmed close to the edges of the pile and overlocked; sidecords sound. The carpet has been chemically lightened at some point. Overall the carpet is in extremely good condition, and ready to use.
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