A monumental late 19th-century Indian Lahore carpet from around 1890, measuring approximately 792.5 × 718.8 cm (about 26’0″ × 23’7″). Per the original ARS catalog notes, the design is based on fragments of a third-quarter 17th-century Mughal carpet from the Alice and Nasli Heeramanek Collection now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Inv. no. 1983.494.4a-d). The composition pairs a rust field with a blue border at a true palace scale.
Lahore (today in Pakistan) was a major center of Mughal-tradition carpet weaving from the 16th century onward.
Hand-knotted wool. Authentic one-of-a-kind antique.
At a glance
· Origin: India / Lahore (today’s Pakistan) · Period: Circa 1890 · Material: Wool · Weave: Hand-knotted (pile)
· Dimensions: ~792.5 × 718.8 cm (≈26’0″ × 23’7″) · Ground color: Rust · Border color: Blue · Design: Mughal-inspired (after Met Museum 1983.494.4a-d) · SKU: 25814
