Persian Antique Sultana (Queen's) Rug

Nearly square, and not remotely calm.

This antique Sultana or Queen's rug comes from Persia, present day Iran, and dates to about 1900. It is wool. Persian weavers had long drawn on gardens and flowering plants for their patterns, a habit that runs through carpets of many regions. Sprays of coral, cream and blue blossom tumble across a midnight blue field, with arcs of salmon stem looping between them. A wide ivory border repeats its own floral lattice around the edge. Seventy-one inches wide and seventy-seven long.

A garden with no gardener. Nothing here has been pruned.