A monumental early 20th-century Indian Amritsar carpet from around 1900, measuring approximately 426.7 × 823.0 cm (about 14’0″ × 27’0″). The composition is a finely drawn floral design over an ivory ground, framed by a purple-toned border — derived, per the original ARS catalog notes, from the famous 16th-century Ardabil carpet, with a pendanted central medallion suspending two mosque lamps and en-suite quarter corners on a field of tightly coiled arabesques.
Amritsar, in the Punjab region of northern India, became 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 export to Europe and North America.
Hand-knotted wool. Authentic one-of-a-kind antique.
At a glance
· Origin: India (Amritsar / Punjab) · Period: Circa 1900 · Material: Wool · Weave: Hand-knotted (pile)
· Type: Amritsar · Dimensions: ~426.7 × 823.0 cm (≈14’0″ × 27’0″)
· Ground color: Ivory · Border color: Purple · Design: Ardabil-influenced floral medallion · SKU: 17300