Wool rug, inv. no. 92 - 503

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Esfahan, central Persia, first half of the seventeenth century

Wool pile, asymmetric (Persian) knot on a cotton and silk foundation,

487 x 208 cm

A fine and typical example of the most extensive known group of Safavid carpets, of which several hundred have survived.

PROVENANCE Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu (?); thence by descent.