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View full screenKnotted wool pile carpet with a flowering tree in centre reserved against a navy blue ground within a pointed arch, the tree with slender trunk and curving branches bearing hanging clusters of lilac-like blue, red and orange flowers: Iran, Qum, c. 1960
A.1993.130
Qum, Iran, West Asia
c. 1960
Foundation of cream cotton warps and light blue cotton wefts; knotted pile - wools - navy blue, light blue, cream, black, brown, tan, mustard, scarlet, orange, medium and light green; silks - yellow, white
Within the Middle East (12 May 1995)
Royal Museum of Scotland
Scarce, Jennifer M., Domestic culture in the Middle East : An exploration of the household interior, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 1996