AN ANTIQUE MAHAL CARPET, the shaded brick-red field with a counterposed design of angular tendrils, palmettes and flowerheads around a central cusped ivory floral lozenge medallion, flanked by four similar indigo medallions, similar ivory, pistachio-green and fox-brown part medallions along each side, in a shaded medium blue border of scrolling palmette vine around vases of flowers, between reciprocal skittle-pattern, ivory meandering vine and brick-red boteh vine stripes (small areas of old repiling)