NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1890
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AN AMRITSAR CARPET
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1890
The ivory field with bold sepia, tan and pale raspberry flowering sprays around an elongated cusped pale raspberry medallion formed of bold split palmettes enclosing and linked by palmettes, flowerheads and floral sprays, in a narrow ivory border of serrated leaves and floral sprays between similar raspberry and linked olive-green floral panel stripes, overlaid in each corner with a raspberry floral cartouche, plain outer ivory stripe, reduced in length at each end, repairs to outer border, moth damage, corner stain
22ft.7in. x 12ft. (686cm. x 366cm.)
NORTH INDIA, CIRCA 1890
The ivory field with bold sepia, tan and pale raspberry flowering sprays around an elongated cusped pale raspberry medallion formed of bold split palmettes enclosing and linked by palmettes, flowerheads and floral sprays, in a narrow ivory border of serrated leaves and floral sprays between similar raspberry and linked olive-green floral panel stripes, overlaid in each corner with a raspberry floral cartouche, plain outer ivory stripe, reduced in length at each end, repairs to outer border, moth damage, corner stain
22ft.7in. x 12ft. (686cm. x 366cm.)