A very interesting tertiary stripe, because of its well-authenticated age, contains the “Y” pattern shown in Plate [F], Fig. 19. It is found in some Persian carpets that were woven as early as 1550.
One of the simplest guard stripes, shown in Plate [F], Fig. 20, is frequently found in modern Persian rugs, as well as in Iranian carpets woven six centuries ago.
Colour Plate VI. Persian Garden Carpet
This carpet and the one at the Naesby House, Sweden, which it resembles in pattern but not in colouring, are, so far as known, the only complete carpets of this type. The Naesby carpet has been assigned to the middle of the XVIII. Century; this is undoubtedly much older.
A 16TH CENTURY PERSIAN ROYAL “GARDEN” CARPET
(Reputed to have been made for Shah ’Abbās for Sefavi Palace.) Date 1587-1628.
31 ft. 0 in. x 12 ft. 3 in.
Statement of the owner