AN ANTIQUE MAHAL CARPET, the shaded blue field with angular flowering vine around a cusped stepped shaded red medallion with angular floral sprays around a cusped central panel, the bold pendants similar, the ivory spandrels with diagonal rows of angular polychrome flowerheads in a narrow shaded red turtle-palmette border between reciprocal light blue, yellow and ivory 'S' motif stripes, plain blue outer stripe, braided ends (areas of wear)