Myself (Stephen) Roderic and Kristian, (the team here at Farnham Antique Carpets), all have our favourite rugs and carpets, and this is definitely mine right now! A rare early Agra rug from northern India, around 130 years old, the beauty in the design with varying leaves and floral patterns can be seen on larger carpets from Agra or Amritsar.  It makes me wonder if this rug was commissioned to sit with an existing Agra carpet in a room, or woven as a large sample rug, as the central motif facing side on is rare to see.The sandy, biscuit golden background, with abrash (dye change) at the top to a lighter colour is a great base colour and unusual dye.  The off white main border with pale blues, soft sage greens and purple dyes are classic colours used by Agra weavers and clearly composed and woven by an accomplished weaver.  A cartoon (drawing) would have been used to weave this rug, so the weaver knew how to complete the pattern with this symmetry.Pile is medium high, with only...