An ancient Mahal carpet, woven with great precision, the vines and smaller floral motifs connect beautifully with the larger palmettes, and float exquisitely on the deep indigo blue background.  The faded yellow border has an intricate and elegant leaf design, well proportioned and spaced out, the yellow dye is just stunning, one of our favourite colours. Often using saffron, weld or even pomegranate peel it was an expensive dye to produce and we can see why on this exceptional carpet.Woven with a Mahal weave in the area of Sultanabad, Persia - this piece was hand-created around 1870 and with this we can see some lower areas of pile height.  No holes, rips or tears and structurally in great order.  The minimal wear and fading over the last 150 years leave us with a very handsome carpet, which would be easy to place in already finished interior or build a scheme with.We offer a professional home visit service, having visited customers in their own homes all over the UK for over ...