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Description:
Kurd Rug, Northwest Persia, early 20th century, the large navy medallion inset with an allover "herati" design with latch-hooks and extending long pendants on a red field, midnight blue spandrels, all within a slate blue stylized flowering boteh and meandering vine main border, multiple meandering boteh minor borders, 12 ft. 7 in. x 3 ft. 2 in.
Provenance: From the Denver Art Museum.
Estimate $500-700
selvage wear, brown oxidation, end fraying, crude repair and tear at bottom
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