$3,900. A rich red field carries an allover Shah Abbasi pattern rendered in ivory, gold and blue with scrolling vine between, beneath a wide ivory border filled with its own procession of palmettes and arabesques. The Shah Abbasi palmette is named for Abbas I, the Safavid ruler under whom Persian carpet weaving reached its zenith around 1600, and it remains the definitive court motif: a broad, fan-like lotus form built up in receding layers, demanding of any weaver who attempts it at scale. The seller records a woven signature reading Torabpour within the border, a mark integral to the weave rather than applied afterward. Cotton warp with natural wool weft and pile, vegetable dyed. Nearly square in proportion. Design pattern: Allover Shah Abbasi palmette, Old Tabriz. Size: 10'11" x 11'2". Gallery Collection.