A Serapi (Heriz) carpet

A Serapi (Heriz) carpet, East Azerbaijan (north-west Persia), c. 1885. This is a beautiful example of an old Serapi collector's carpet with the browncolour field containing stylized light vines, palmetto and flowers centered by an octagon form with dark blue within a red medallion within beautiful four beige coloured corners, within ivory and beige border decorated with a bat palmetto and Herati design.
12 ft 2 in x 9 ft 11 in