Facts about rugs

One fact of particular interest is that, although the knot used was in the Turkish tradition as we know it today, other internal evidence points to the rug having been made in Persia.

The main border design consists of horses which are being alternately ridden and led, and the horsemen wear characteristic Persian head-dresses.

There are griffins in plaques in one of the secondary borders and stags in another, so animals play a large part in the design of this enthralling discovery.