Large Antique Indian Amritsar Handwoven Wool Rug

Antique Indian Amritsar handwoven wool camel and brown rug Size: 12'9" × 15'10" (388 × 482 cm) An early 20th century North Indian Amritsar antique rug, the open camel field with an unusual chocolate brown scrolling inner border with a small central flowerhead ringed by delicate floral motifs within a red ochre linked cartouche border. The production of antique Indian rugs and carpets in any quantity dates back to the Mughal period of the late 1520’s. Beginning with the conquest of Northern India by Babur, weaving workshops developed around the imperial cities of Agra, Fathpur and Lahore. Akbar the Great (1556-1605) and his successors sponsored and encouraged the weaving of splendid Indian versions of classic Persian floral, garden and hunting antique...

Antique Indian Amritsar beige and brown handwoven wool rug Size: 12'0" × 14'7" (365 × 444 cm) Antique Indian rugs are well known for their dazzling color palettes and decorative patt...

Antique Indian Amritsar Brown and Beige Handwoven Wool Rug Size: 9'0" x 14'9" (274 × 449 cm). This turn of the century antique Indian Amritsar rug features a large center medallion i...

Large Antique Indian Amritsar handmade wool rug Size: 14'3" × 18'8" (434 × 568 cm) A fine example of early 20th century Indian Amritsar antique rugs, the cream field with an allover palmette, animal and floral motif design overall around a central pale peach cusped medallion with pendants within a pale peach linked cartouche border. As an eminent patron of the arts, Jahangir (reigning from 1605-1628), possessed a deep love for the beauty of nature, influencing the artists of his court. Unlike antique Agra carpets manufactured in the prisons of India, antique North Indian rugs were products of a cottage industry controlled by families of amritsar carpet weavers. With a knotted pile of the softest pashmina wool, the antique North Indian carpets originated and perfected by these weaving families, have to this day, rarely been equaled. One of the common patterns of vintage Indian rugs are naturalistic floral designs – this feature is typical for oversized area rugs...

Antique Indian Amritsar handwoven wool rug (size adjusted) Size: 11'7" × 19'7" (353 × 596 cm) An early 20th century Indian Amritsar antique rug, the caramel field with an all-over l...

19th century Indian Amritsar beige handwoven wool rug Size: 13'2" × 14'10" (401 × 452 cm) The main field, complementary with the series of equally compelling borders, is adorned with...

This antique handwoven Amritsar rug features a sage green field with a ivory, light coral, pale blue, and buff-brown floral and palmette vine, in a beige border of flowing palmettes ...

An antique Indian Amritsar carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century.

A late 19th century antique Indian Amritsar with a open pistachio field design surrounded by a pink and ivory border.

Antique Indian Amritsar rug. Measures: 13'2" x 17'8".

Antique Indian Amritsar rug. Size: 11'0" x 13'6".

Antique Indian Amritsar rug. Measures: 11'9" x 19'6".