In the fabled city of isfahan, in seventeenth-century persia, a young woman confronts a dismal fate: her beloved father had died and left her without a dowry. Forced to work as a servant in the home of her uncle, a rich ...In the fabled city of isfahan, in seventeenth-century persia, a young woman confronts a dismal fate: her beloved father had died and left her without a dowry. Forced to work as a servant in the home of her uncle, a rich rug designer in the court of the shah, the young woman blossoms as a brilliant designer of carpets.