Pile double khorjin face, Sanjabi Kurds, Northwest Persia, Circa 1880, 75 x 38 cm (29.5 x 15 in.) Knot count: 19 h x 13 v = 247 kpsi. Colours: copper, pinkish red, rose, light blue, dark blue, blue-green, tobacco brown, dark brown, ivory (9). Condition: very good. Full pile with original sides and flatwoven ends. Corroded brown-blacks. Three minuscule repairs in the central panel (the largest is 3 x 1 cm/ 1.5 x 0.5 in.). Notes: a very unusual piece with a wonderful handle, woven with top quality lustruous wool.