14 x 22 - Red Antique Persian Farahan Rug - 78651

78651 Antique Persian Farahan Rug, 13'10 x 21'07.

The Gilded Garden: A Late 19th Century Persian Farahan Masterpiece of Splendor

Hailing from the Late 19th Century, this hand-knotted wool antique Persian Farahan rug captures the cultivated grandeur that made these carpets prized furnishings for aristocratic residences and discerning patrons. At its heart rests an elaborate center medallion with an elongated, lobed silhouette, unfolding through layers of palmettes, blossoms, arabesques, and leafy tendrils. Its sumptuous red field becomes an immense garden alive with flowering branches, rosettes, lotus forms, serrated foliage, and scrolling vines. In Persian decorative symbolism, flowers evoke beauty and abundance, while the continuous vine expresses continuity and the enduring cycle of life.

The field displays extraordinary botanical density without surrendering its underlying order. Palmettes radiate through curling stems as