An elaborately and perfectly executed, finely woven, Central Persian urban carpet, with a signature along one plain outer border. A top condition Persian-format piece with a short, upright pile showing a 32 point and lapped round, layered medallion with a cream palmette roundel centre, supported by a sandy-cream field of little palmettes and leaves on a tightly wound vinery. Red conjoint corners with pointed inward projections. Dense red border with reversing palmettes. As new condition.