The silk rug offered here, with the angular stylised floral, leafy and fruiting vine bears similarities to three carpets thought to have been woven in Warangal, in Southern India; (Eiland, Murray L.:Chinese and Exotic rugs, New York, 1979 p.171, ill.138 and 139, p.171. 1979, p.171, ill.138 and 139, p.171) and (Willborg, J. P.:"Ten Years" Jubilee Exhibition, 1980-1990, Stockholm, ill.33.) Scholarship on the production of silk carpets in the South of India in the 19th century is scarce; what is known is purely based on the Government reports and from travellers to the region. (Bennett,I; Jail Birds, exhibition catalogue, London, 1987, intro. text) and therefore, attributing a carpet to a particular town or even region in India for this period invites discussion.