An antique Persian Khorassan, Dorakhsh rug, the central panel representing a flower garden in a lattice pattern of herati, red on a deep blue ground, the border herati,on a red ground, surounded by 2 guards, hand knotted, vegetable dye, 188 x 286 cm. Other Notes: This Dorakhsh was made in he Khorasan Province, an important centre of carpet weaving in Iran