Rare 17th century Persian Khorassan. Once attributed to the Caucasus on the basis of semi geometric , bold design and bright colors, they are now universally ascribed to Khorassan, possibly Herat, possibly birjand, but not Meshad which became active as a Rug weaving center only in the late 19th century. The Metropolitan Museum In NY has a finely colored example, and two restored are in Philadelphia. The Kein collection UK, had a very well preserved carpet with a unique Ivory border. The trees are probably oriental plane tree and somewhat resemble those in the Kurdish garden antique carpets of West Persia. The size of this collector Rug is 5’4”x 20’4” ( 1.63 m x 6.2 m) . . . #khorassan #antiquerugs #earlycarpets #rarecarpet #museumrugs #persianrugs #caucacus #metropolitanmuseum #philadelphiamuseum #kurdishrugs #gardenantiquecarpet #gardenrug #collectorsrug #importantcarpets #longandnarrowrug #treecarpet #keincollection #nazmiyalcollection #nazmiyalantiquerugs