A fine and rare Lahore carpet,
India. Circa 1890.
11ft 1in x 7ft 3 in : 338cm x 222cm
During the Moghul period of Shah Jahan (1628-58) a new style of carpet designs emerged. European trading companies supplied botanical prints and engravings of naturalistic flowers from which the Indian workshops interpreted into their own distinctive style of floral decoration. The present carpet, of rare format, has a design of lattice and flowers incorporating vases with flowers.
The rare use of the same colour for the border and field is particulary pleasing, the colour scheme is typically Indian. Of note is the exceptional condition and the use of metal thread in the kilim ends. Very few carpets have been made from this particular workshop and the present example is one of the most aesthetically pleasing we have encountered. In exceptional condition.
Literature:
Daniel Walker, Flowers Underfoot, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997, p.109, pl.107.
Price : £ 60,000
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