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Bold Rich Red And Blue Color Fine Antique Persian Silk Pile Muslim Prayer Design Kashan Rug 49251

Size: 3 ft 3 in x 5 ft (0.99 m x 1.52 m)

Origin: Persian Rugs

Style: Kashan Rugs

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Beautiful Antique Silk Prayer Design Kashan Persian Rug 49251, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Persian Rug, Circa Date: 1920 – A bright wash draws attention in this antique silk pile area rug, creating a variety of stunning purple hues. White line work of in this antique Persian Kashan rug defines a symmetrical pattern of leaves and flowers, each petal and frond detailed, natural curves giving the antique Persian area rug a calming Prayer design. The light foreground of this muslim prayer design rug offers some contrast against a darker background, which is revealed in the upper corners like an evening sky behind a gracefully scalloped building. Night-blooming flowers unfurl in this space, vivid and heavy as if carrying some heady perfume. Indigo and plum tones create an ornate border, thronging with rounded blossoms and swaying leaves.