A wool pile of asymmetric knots on a cotton foundation. This carpet offers something for every Persian or Iranian sensibility: hunting scenes, lissome ladies with wine flasks, traditional kings, dervish utensils, cloud bands, Simurgh, gazebos, an enormous anchor pendant, and good shepherds. It would require a substantial essay to disentangle and describe the myriad characters animating this borderless creation, rich with historical and literary Persian references.