A rare green background on this antique ''Benlian'' Tabriz carpet, with rich natural dyes of rust red/oranges, pinks, pale blues and lime greens. An elegant floral pattern with excellent symmetry, signed in the top corner minor border with the Benlian Star. Condition is good to fair in places, with some scattered areas of lower pile in the bottom left corner, and the top right and top left area.  With stunning colours and our tough underlay supplied this would aid its use on the floor.During the beginning of the 20th century, the Benlian workshop successfully reinterpreted classic artistic rugs of the 16th/17th century Safavid period and created some of the best quality carpets for the European market.  This beautiful antique Tabriz was produced in the workshop established in Tabriz by the British-Armenian firm of Benlian, whose distinctive signature is the star we can see in the inner minor border.The Benlian firm was active in Tabriz before WWII and wove good quality room siz...