A beautiful and enormous oversize antique Mahal carpet woven in Sultanabad with a scrolling Mustafi design woven in Persia around circa 1900.  The colours and condition are fantastic on this 120 year old carpet, with a deep indigo background colour, the pale blues, soft greens and hints of yellow in the border lift the carpet immensely.  The soft border colour compliments the carpet beautifully, ideal for a drawing room or under a dining table or large entrance hall.The design is famous due to the Persian prime minister during the late 19th Century commissioned artisans to create a scrolling spiralling version of the ''Gol Farang'' (which is a foreign flower; inspired by French and English florals) pattern that was immensely popular at the time.     As Ziegler & Co had inspired and created decorative floral carpets being woven in Sultanabad in the late 19th century other workshops locally followed suit and these designs were made in competition.Mahal carpets were produced in Su...