A monumental late 19th-century Indian Amritsar carpet from around 1880, measuring approximately 548.9 × 609.9 cm (about 18’0″ × 20’0″). The composition is a striking claret-red field with a design of ascending palmettes and lancet-curved leaves of varying sizes within a “book-cover” shaped reserve, set against ivory arabesque-filled corners — derived, per the original ARS catalog notes, from late 16th-century Turkish Ottoman court carpets and enlarged to most impressive scale.
The surrounding border is light blue with lotus palmettes and bracketing leaves.
Amritsar, in the Punjab region of northern India, was a major center of room-sized hand-knotted carpet production in the late 19th century, working from both Persian and classical Indian design vocabularies for the European and American export market.
Hand-knotted wool. Authentic one-of-a-kind antique.
At a glance
· Origin: India (Amritsar / Punjab) · Period: Circa 1880 · Material: Wool · Weave: Hand-knotted (pile)
· Type: Amritsar · Dimensions: ~548.9 × 609.9 cm (≈18’0″ × 20’0″)
· Ground color: Claret red · Border color: Beige · Design: Ottoman court-derived medallion · SKU: 17907