Description
Woven over 130 years ago with a beautiful small scale all over floral design, this antique Mahal carpet is full of rare green/blue dyes, with no central medallion, this would be easy to place in a variety of rooms. Woven around circa 1890-1900 the colours have faded beautifully, these decorative carpets from Northern Persia are full of charm and suit country houses to London apartments.
Green is one of the rarest dyes in antique carpets, as this was expensive to produce and a sacred colour, rarely do we come across examples such as this with so much green and pale blues, changing from light greens up to deeper shades of turquoise tones. The changes in the dye we can see, are due to different batches of wool being used, these wonderful variations add so much depth to an antique carpet, known as abrash, we can also see subtle changes to the soft red border.
Condition is very good too, no damage or marks to speak of. Also you will see from the additional images that this carpet is almost one of a pair! Unbelievably we have another Mahal carpet woven with the same design and colours, slightly smaller in size and we obtained these carpets from the same collection. So we believe these carpets were commissioned in these rare colours in the late 19th century to sit or work together in rooms close by in a large home.
Book in a showroom visit by appointment or request to view this rare blue/green antique Mahal carpet at home soon. Or please request a home visit, we travel all over the UK showing our carpets and rugs in-situ to help you select the ideal carpet for your home.
You can also reserve this beautiful antique carpet and arrange a home viewing or view it at our barn showroom soon. If you are an interior designer, you are very welcome to reserve this Mahal carpet for your project too.
We offer the professional service of viewing any of our carpets & rugs in-situ in London, Surrey, Hampshire, and anywhere else in UK by appointment. Having travelled to Ireland, Scotland and even Europe over the last 30 years we love to travel showing our carpets to customers and interior designers.
Mahal carpets were produced in Sultanabad, Persia which is now Arak in the centre of Iran. Mahal and Sultanabad rugs were made in the same area as the earliest Fereghans and Sarouks, but they are very different in form and structure. Floral motifs and overall designs of vinescrolls and palmettes remain consistent with the influences of western colour palettes and are all characteristics of Ziegler carpets.
