Original vintage magazine ad, W. AND J. SLOANE, The Hidden Story in a Rug. "Free from the orthodox Islamic restraint in respect to the depiction of birds, beats, or human forms, the Shiite artists wove into their rugs symbols expressing something of the thought and philosophy of their era."  The rug pictured illustrates a reproduction of an Antique Iran Rug of the Safavid Dynasty, by W. & J. Sloane, Direct Importers of Eastern Rugs, Fifth Avenue and Forty Seventh Street, New York City, NYC. Old 1917 antique rug advertisement. Would look sensational matted and framed.

Approximate size 9  x 14 inches.