CARPET PURCHASED IN MASHHAD IRAN IN 1974. AT THAT TIME THE CARPET WAS OVER 50 YEARS OLD. IT IS 63 INCHES IN LENGTH BY 33 INCHES WIDE. IT IS PRIMARILY RED IN COLOUR. FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD WHEN I PURCHASED IT, THE CARPET IS GIVEN TO THE MARRIED COUPLE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE CARPET MAY BE SOLD TO SUPPORT THE UPBRINGING OF THE FIRST BORN CHILD. CALL ME (250 381-5289) OR EMAIL ME, I WILL GET BACK TO YOU.