Size: 9 ft x 24 ft 8 in (2.74 m x 7.52 m)
This magnificent kellegi format Mughal carpet belongs to a small, selective group of early 17th Lahore carpets strongly influenced by 16th century medallion carpets from S.W. Persia, our Indian carpet shares a red field with arabesques and palmettes with a similarly large piece in the Gulbenkian Collection, Lisbon (8.4 x 23.2). The latter, however lacks the corner pieces of our carpet.
