This antique Oriental Agra carpet from India utilizess stepped diamonds filled with angular rosettes and flowers to produce a "mina khani" or trellis in dark colors across the pale field.

On this beautiful antique Oriental rug from Agra in India, a graceful design of staggered cypress trees, vines, and shrubs unfolds like an abstract garden across the field.

On this antique Oriental Agra rug from India an elegant allover design of flowers and vines in the Persian tradition is set against a soft ivory ground.

A complex network of reciprocal cartouches recedes subtly into the rich ivory ground of this opulent yet reserved antique Agra.

This lovely little antique Oriental Indian Agra rug has an unusual allover design made up of asymmetrical medallions of windblown leaves.

A classical circular pendant medallion and similar cornerpieces of this lush antique Oriental Agra carpet from India make this a superior decorative rug despite the rich classical detail.

The coloration of this antique Oriental Agra carpet from India is remarkably soft and beautiful with its pattern of undulating soft celadon vines and flowers against the pale mauve ground.

This unique decorative antique Oriental carpet is hand-made from fine wool in India.

On this opulent  antique Oriental carpet from India, a lavish network of palmettes and flowers in tans and cocoas is punctuated sparingly by a few splashes of wine tone against a soft

This delightful antique Oriental Agra carpet from India uses four heart-shaped pairs of graceful vinescrolls, along with various shrubs and palmettes.

 Sprays of vines unfold in allover symmetry in shades of tan and gold across a soft blue ground on this lush antique Indian carpet.

The rich array or exquisitely drawn palmettes on this luxuriant antique Oriental Agra carpet from India seem to float loosely on air.

This lovely little antique Oriental Agra from India is graced with a fine, jewel-like design of closely worked vines and flowers in ivory and soft green.

This luscious little antique Oriental Agra rug from India has a relatively small chocolate field that yields center stage to the grand border in red and soft pink with hints of celidon.

This lovely antique Oriental Agra rug from India has an allover pattern of irregular fine checkers in various reds, browns, blues, greens, and tans repeating endlessly across the field.

This antique Oriental Agra rug has a tall, bold tree of life that divides the field into two halves, each of which is filled by medallion-like arrays of vinescrolls in aubergine on a soft gold ground.

This unique decorative antique Oriental Agra carpet is hand-made from fine wool in India.

Antique Oriental Agra rug

The lush array of vines on this lovely antique Oriental Agra carpet from India only becomes clear to the viewer on closer inspection.

 This magnificent antique Oriental Agra carpet has an opulent floral array that literally dances across the field.

This palatial antique Oriental carpet from Agra in India has a trellis design of palmettes and rosettes set dramatically on a rich deep brown field.

This sweetly elegant antique Oriental Agra carpet from India combines the best effects of the medallion and allover formats.

This elegant antique oriental Agra rug from India has classical pattern of palmette arabesques with cloudbands and fantastic animals in the field, with a cartouche border framing the entire

On this elegant antique Oriental Agra carpet from India radial arrays of palmettes and vines in cinnamon, cocoa, and aubergine tones sprawl across a warm ivory ground.

This magnificent antique is every bit the peer of the great Mughal court hunting carpets.

Few nineteenth-century carpets capture the rich and elegant detail of classical Persian and Mughal design with the skill and authenticity of this sumptuous antique Agra from India.

This elegant antique Oriental Agra carpet from India has palmettes in rich red tones nicely offset by the soft blue used for the vines and the creamy tone of the field.

This elegant antique Oriental Agra carpet from India preserves the Mogul reverence for earlier Timurid tradition with its allover reciprocal pattern of stars, squares, and diamonds.

This spectacular antique Oriental Agra rug from India uses a finely-wrought leafy trellis as a richly textured open field for the central medallion and cornerpieces, enclosed by a grand border of

This elegant antique Oriental Agra rug from India displays a classic Herati design in tones of cocoa, taupe, and cinnamon, with a border of similar forms in contrasting colors.

The unusual design and palette of this supremely elegant antique Oriental rug from India probably reflect Kerman Persian carpet tradition.

This magnificent antique Agra is exceptional among Oriental rugs, with is grand scalloped medallion surrounded by finials and ogival cartouches on a dark green ground filled by lions hunting amidst

This extraordinary antique Oriental Agra carpet from India makes the magnificence of classical Persian rug weaving comes alive again.

This antique Oriental Agra carpet from India harks back to the great Kirman "vase carpets" of seventeenth-century Persia.

An allover design of vines and palmettes unfolds with classic grace and poise across the field of this lovely antique Agra.

An allover compartment pattern of hexagons repeats in dynamic symmetry across the soft tan field of this charming antique Indian Agra carpet.

This striking antique Indian Agra is inspired by the Serapi and Bakshaish carpets of Northwest Persia. 

Agra carpets are famed for their ability to handle such ultra refined Persian designs, but this one is in a class apart.

This extraordinary antique Oriental Agra from India follows the format of the "ensi," a door rug  used at the entrance to the tents of the nomadic Turkomans of Central Asia.

This spectacular antique Oriental Agra rug from India uses a finely-wrought leafy trellis as a richly textured open field for the central medallion and cornerpieces, enclosed by a grand border of

The Herati pattern on this elegant antique Agra vividly recalls the classical Persian and Indian forerunners that inspired it.

 Pointed oval medallions in a tight, staggered array comprise an allover network design on this lush but restrained antique Agra.

An allover design of Boteh or paisley motifs in staggered arrangement unfolds with minute precision across the field of this elegantly restrained antique Agra.

The monumental, geometric medallion design of this magnificent antique Indian Agra is inspired the carpets of northwest Persia.

A rich allover pattern of interlocked swaying, serrated leaves and circular palmettes unfolds in perfect symmetry across the field of this splendid antique Agra.

On this lovely antique Agra a classic Herati design of leaves and palmettes unfolds across the field in allover symmetry.

The greatness of classical Indo-Persian carpet design comes alive on this spectacular antique Agra.

A lavish medallion sits within a field of writhing vines and flowers surrounded by spandrels in the four corners.

This sweetly elegant, large-scale antique Agra has an allover design of flowering vines arranged as a delicate trellis across a soft tan field.

An allover composition of flowering vines repeats in endless symmetry across the field of this stately antique Agra. 

A lavish design derived from classical Persian and Mughal Indian carpets repeats symmetrically across the field of this superb antique Agra.

An allover design of palmettes and curling vines unfolds with meticulous precision across the field of this lush yet stately antique Agra.

This incomparably beautiful antique Agra is derived from the great blossom carpets of classical Persian and Caucasian tradition.

Agra carpets like this are admired for their suave adaptation of classical Mughal and Persian rug designs.

A finely detailed Persian ‘Herati’ or ‘Mahi Mahi’ design unfolds with minute precision in allover symmetry across the field of this sumptuous antique Agra.

An allover design of diamond palmettes and floral cartouches repeats symmetrically across the soft ivory field of this elegant antique Agra.

On this elegant antique Oriental Agra rug from India, an allover lattice of scrolls encloses rosettes against a deep chocolate ground.

The field of this sumptuous antique Oriental Agra carpet from India depicts elegant horseman with bows chasing animals amidst delicate sprays of flowers that evoke the natural world.

This lovely antique Agra features a classic Persian ‘Herati’ pattern with a rather distinctive new quality.

 Antique Agra, India, early twentieth century. A finely wrought pattern of curling vinescrolls and palmettes swirls and undulates across the field of this elegant antique Agra.