A masterwork of the superbly decorative Persian Sultanabad group, this wondrous, engrossing antique Oriental carpet offers exquisite overscale motifs, an extremely spacious composition and breathtaking coloration that are the signature of antique Ziegler rugs at their best. Its ripe strawberry field tone creates an exciting ambiance that is echoed by the spectacular sapphire blue border with its three-dimensional swaths of striation. This oversize carpet was one of the many stellar room size and oversize Oriental rugs of the second generation’s holdings, and is in excellent, heavy pile condition. Its exciting design and upbeat contemporary color palette would brilliantly enhance the architecture of the modern home.