Persian Antique Kerman Rug

Every flower that could be persuaded to attend.

This antique Kerman rug is wool, from Persia (present day Iran), late 19th or early 20th century. Kerman, in southeastern Persia, is long associated with fine, densely floral carpets, many of them woven with Western buyers in mind. Sprays of pink, blue and green radiate from the center across an ivory field, in mirrored fans and feathered leaves. There is scarcely an inch of empty ground. A broad border in deep pink and blue answers with larger palmettes and more blossoms. It measures 211 inches by 118.

No garden has ever been kept this well.