Antique Indian Floral Allover Warm Tan Hand-Knotted Wool Rug – Circa 1900 BB3481 11'8" × 14'7" $95,000

This antique Indian hand-knotted wool rug, woven circa 1900, brings the elegance of North Indian carpet making into a formal room-size format. Its warm tan field and deep teal border create a balanced, understated presence, while the softened surface gives the piece the quiet character collectors value in early twentieth-century antiques. Its restrained patina keeps the look refined rather than ornate.

The composition is an allover botanical design, with scrolling vines, palmettes, rosettes, and crest-like floral forms dispersed across the field. A faint trellis structure organizes the pattern without making it rigid, allowing the motifs to drift with a graceful, timeworn rhythm. The worn detail only enhances the visual depth.

Around the perimeter, a floral border in golden yellow and teal frames the rug with greater contrast and definition. The interplay of warm tan, warm taupe, and muted teal reads easily in both traditional and transitional interiors, where the rug can ground walnut furniture, linen upholstery, or layered decorative schemes with a collected, antique sensibility.

A rare piece from the Doris Leslie Blau collection, this antique rug exemplifies superior artistry, historic character, and timeless sophistication. DLB is internationally recognized for offering exceptional antique, vintage, and contemporary rugs of remarkable quality and provenance.