Louristan Persian circa 1875 antique. Collector's item, Size: 440 x 99 (cm) 14' 5" x 3' 3" carpet id: K-5803
the knots are hand spun wool, vegetable dyes, the warp and the weft threads are 100% wool, the background's color is ivory, all over design, the surrounded large border is indigo with turtle design, the pile is uniformly short, the two selvages are rolled on one line, below edge is finished with 2cm kelim, part of the last tiny border is missing, soft as an handkerchief.
a similar example was published in the catalog of "Das Buch der Orientteppiche" by Fabio Formenton on page 132.