A Passion for Collecting: The Rugs and Carpets of a Connoisseur
A Passion for Collecting: The Rugs and Carpets of a Connoisseur
AN AGRA CARPET, NORTH INDIA
Auction Closed
November 27, 04:04 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
AN AGRA CARPET, NORTH INDIA
circa 1890
approximately 325 by 233cm; 10ft.8in., 7ft. 7in
'Agra' carpets were produced in the jail workshops of North India in the second half of the 19th century and early 20th century, for the European, mainly British market, where they decorated the drawing rooms of both the aristocrats and newly rich of rapidly-industrialising Britain.