Proveniens: Schloss Jägerhof/Goethe Museet, Düsseldorf, Tyskland. Tæppet har været en del af interiøret på Schloss Jägerhof som i dag huser Goethe Museet hvor det har ligget i foredragssalen/udstillingslokalerne for Ernst Georg Schneider samlingen.

Schloss Jägerhof was built as a hunting lodge in the middle of 18th century, it became the centre of the social and cultural life of the city. Today Jägerhof is home to the Goethe Museum and the Ernst Schneider Foundation.

The expansion of the Brittish Empire in the 19th century led to an increased market for excotic goods from the new territories. Commissions for high quality carpets were received from many stately homes in England and there was also demand from the new mercantile classes that had emerged in Victorian England. The British Raj supervised and controlled the resurgence of the carpet production in India to meet these requirements. Weaving centres were established in the Indian jails where looms were erected and prisoners were instructed by Master weavers. The quality of the carpets was exceptional, using the finest pure wool for the tight hand knotted pile. Their designs were inspired by the classical Persian and Mughal carpets of the 16th and 17th centuries.

The most famous of these weaving centres was the Agra Jail, close to the Taj Mahal, where a carpet of enormous proportions(23×12 m) was created for the Waterloo Chamber at Windsor Castle and was presented to Queen Victoria as a gift when she became Empress of India.

European designers praised carpets like these for their delicate ornamentation and harmonious colours and the excellence of these woven works of art has ensured their demand and they remain much sought after to this day.