A KALAMKARI SOFREH (DINING FLOORSPREAD) Iran, late 19th

A KALAMKARI SOFREH (DINING FLOORSPREAD)
Iran, late 19th - early 20th century

The unbleached cotton ground of three joined strips (each 40cm wide) printed and painted in natural dyes, with an elaborate central tree of life surrounded by smaller flowering bushes, with birds and a butterfly, the borders block-printed with scrolling floral meanders and the head with stylised cypresses within arches, in-filled with delicate floral motifs, 312cm x 125cm.