A fabulous subtle toned Antique Heriz carpet with a rare and beautiful Mina-Khani all over floral design, this design is larger floral motifs connected by scrolling vines.  This is a lovely pattern and rarer to find on Heriz carpets, it is more often seen on antique Caucasian pieces from Azerbaijan and finer Persian carpets known as Veramin.   Woven in the late 19th century this carpet has been hand-woven using the best natural dyes from that period.  We can see a soft brick red background with a fantastic variety of indigo blues used for the floral motifs, plus sandy gold toned minor borders either side of a deeper blue main border.  There is ancient Abrash too, this is the term for dye change.  As when it was woven over 130 years ago the weavers have used different dyed wool and this has mellowed over time and shown the subtle changes in the dyes.  It adds immense character and beauty to a piece.A couple of old areas of tiny restoration have taken place on the brick red backgroun...