Since the 18th Century, Farahan carpets from between Arak and Kashan have ranked among the best decorative carpets and rugs in Persia.  The various mosaic designs of these rugs, of which there are around 20 variants compose of, the famous ''Herati'' pattern, central motif designs, tree of life prayer designs and diamonds filled with rosettes.  The border designs are ornamented with angular palmettes, leaves, rosettes.  Colours tend to be light blue, purple/mauve tones, yellow or rare natural white ground.This 150 year old Farahan has such character and subtle natural faded dyes, the saffron yellow border is really wonderful.  With a deep blue almost black background it brings the old greens and light blues and pinks to the surface on the floral motifs.  The famous ancient Harshang design can be seen too, which is stylised from a Crab, often seen in the borders of Caucasian rugs from Azerbaijan.Some areas of wear as you can see in the additional images, but still a strong and du...