Exquisite symmetry and detail on this mellow antique Portuguese carpet with gentle natural colours of pale blue, gold, navy blue and hints of teal/greens in the delicate flowers.  Such a gorgeous decorative carpet to work a scheme around for a drawing room or bedroom for example.  These Portuguese needlepoints are renowned for their embroidered work in wool on linen. Portugal doesn''t have an extensive history in producing hand-woven carpets although Moorish carpet weavers worked in Portugal until the early 15th century until they were expelled.The overall look is very good, in lovely order with only the outside looped fringes showing signs of wear in a few areas on one side.  These can be repaired if purchased, our workshop has completed loop fringe repairs many times, and matching the wool and design these can be repaired quite easily.Arraiolos is where these Portuguese needlework carpets are from a town in the province of Alto Alentejo in southern Portugal.  The weave on thi...