Circa 1930. A burgundy ground with a large polychrome 'Vase' design from 17th-century Persia with large floral and palmette vines.
Compare Metropolitan Museum of Art & Dimand, Maurice Sven, Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1973, plate 104, p. 74
'Vase' carpets were made during the Safavid period (1501-1736) in Persia (Iran) and are characterised by large palmette and floral vines emerging from vases.