Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-07-17 | Page 5 | Finest Persian Carpet

FINEST PERSIAN CARPET. Shah Has It Made Especially for King Edward. LONDON, July 10. A finer example of Persian Per-sian enrpot weaving- probably has never been seen than that which has Just been presented to the King by tho Shah of Porsla. A special mission wus sent to England to bring tho car-pot, car-pot, which 3 so big that it was lmpoastblo to open It out In the Persian legation when It arrived ar-rived In London. Its slzo and the richness of Its quality mark It at oneo as a covering for a stnto drawing-room. A Persian cnrpol or averago dzo takes from six months to a year to make, tho wholo of the work being dono by hand. A hugo number of weavers wcro employed on King Edward'!? carpet as coon as the Shah returned to Pornla from this country, and every means was taken to expedlto Its manufacture, but fo groat wns tho task thnt almost thrco years elapsed beforo tho weavers declared their work finished. Woven Into tho carpet ns an integral part of a moot Intricate design Is the King's nnmc Edward VI L