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Antique Oriental Agra Carpet
Antique Agra rug, late nineteenth century - While many nineteenth-century carpets strive to evoke the rich and elegant detail of classical Persian and Mughal design, few actually capture it with the skill and authenticity of this sumptuous antique Agra. Brilliantly detailed palmettes and cloudbands dance alongside fine vines and birds in this magnificent ornamental evocation of the natural world. ...
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Antique Oriental Agra Carpet
Antique Agra rug, Circa 1900 - Radial arrays of palmettes and vines in cinnamon, cocoa, and aubergine tones sprawl across the warm ivory ground of this elegant antique Agra. The forms and design of the field continue on a slightly smaller scale in the main border. Set off from the field only by a finely worked minor border, this similarity imparts a sense of textural unity to the overall carpet, e...
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Antique Oriental Agra Carpet
Antique Agra carpet, 19th Century - This could well be the most magnificent antique Indo-Persian carpet that has come down to us. Modeled carefully on Kerman animal carpets of the seventeenth century, it comes particularly close to the famous Stieglitz Carpet in the Hermitage Collection in St. Petersburg. In true Kerman tradition, the rich red ground displays a paradise scene with cypresses and ot...
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Antique Agra Oriental Rug
Antique Agra rug, late 19th century - This elegant antique Agra is the proud heir of a long tradition of Indian carpet weaving. A classical pattern of palmette arabesques with cloudbands and fantastic animals fills the field, while a cartouche border frames the entire composition. But unlike such classical forerunners, which had pungent and riotous colors, this example has a lovely, subtle palette...
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Antique Agra Oriental Carpet
This antique Oriental Agra carpet is quite unusual, utlizing stepped diamonds filled with angular rosettes sprouting tendrils and flowers to create a kind of "mina khani" or trellis in dark colors across the pale field. Since the medallions have the same color as the ground, the overall effect is open and lace-like. This effect is heightened by the border, which also shares the same ground color, ...
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