A semi-antique Benlian Tabriz carpet of 'Coronation' design, signed Jabarzade, c. 488 x 367 cm.

Benlian's star signature reads sherkat-e jabbarzadeh-ye qali-bafiyan va Mahmud, which translates to "Jabbarzadeh's carpet weaving company and Mahmud." While other workshops from the early 20th century, such as PETAG, began producing Tabriz carpets of a similar style, Benlian carpets can be identified by their eight-pointed star marks woven into the corner of each inner secondary border. The Benlian workshop was established in the first half of the 20th century by Edward E. Benlian, a London-based carpet dealer. They wove carpets specifically for the European market. The present carpet is believed to have been commissioned after Edward VII’s coronation in 1902, where a carpet with an identical desig was placed before the king's throne in Westminster Abbey. The carpet also prominently featured in Edwin Austin Abbey's painting of the coronation and was selected for the coronation ceremonies by the Duveen brothers, art dealers commissioned to provide tapestries and carpets. Shortly after the coronation, the carpet was acquired by the American collector Marsden J. Perry. It later belonged to two other notable American tycoon: Clarence Mackay, followed by J. Paul Getty, who donated it to LACMA in 1949.