Show PERSIAN CARPETS a that have retained their popularity for or years persian carpets of course are still 1601 an 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 fabrica and places them in the cat cato gury of those exceptionally costly coily articles da in the possession of which only the very wealthy may rightfully indulge themselves A few years ago at the ialo of the chupil collection in paris the tha equivalent in french currency of was paid for one ona square of old Persi persian ae treasur measuring in 9 seven feet by six anad an d several others of cf small size were eagerly snapped up at roin ram 2500 to lk apiece piece for an exemplification of the lasting capacities we may quote sir murdoch smith ako states that a floor of the principal pa of the chebel hitun palace at isfahan is covered with a superb carpet still in fins fine condition which has been in continuous use for years that is ever since the time of shah abbas who reigned toward the close of the icah century even at the present day in persia persa itself as much as 1000 is of tea asked and paid fora for a small ismall carpet |