Show PERSIAN CARPETS carent that have retained their iopa hiruy for ceiri carpets of course are still aa they have always been superior in beauty and durability to all others but their expensiveness disqualifies them from competition with indian turkish and british fabrics and places them in the cat of those exceptionally costly articles de in the possession of which only the very wealthy may rightfully themselves A few years ago at the sale of alie goupil collection in paris the equivalent in french currency of was paid for one square of old persian measuring seven apet by six and several others of small size were eagerly snapped up at from 2500 to apiece for an exemplification of the lasting capacities we may quote sir murdoch smith who states that a floor of the principal pa of the chebel hitun palace at isfahan is covered with a superb carpet still in fine condition which has been in continuous nse for years that is ever since the time of shah abbas who reigned toward the close of the irth century even at the present day in persia itself as much as 1000 is often asked and paid for a small carpet |