Carpet
Category
Carpets, rugs and mats
Date
1900
Materials
wool & cotton
Measurements
8260 mm (L); 5350 mm (W)
Collection
Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
NT 109039
Summary
A large Agra carpet, the wine field with an overall design of palmettes, flowering leafy vine and cloud hands in a dark blue palmette leaf, and flowering branch border between cloud band, palmette and vine stripes. Presented to Lord Curzon during his Vice-Royalty and was said to have been made in 60 days by 200 servants of the Maharaja of Bickanares and was used in the 1903 Delhi Durbar.
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