Carpet, ca. 1650; Mughal
India
Cotton, wool; 14 ft x 6 ft. 7 in. (4.3 x 2 m)
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest and Rogers Fund, 1970 (1970.321)
Technical Glossary
India
Cotton, wool; 14 ft x 6 ft. 7 in. (4.3 x 2 m)
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest and Rogers Fund, 1970 (1970.321)
Flowering plants, especially favored by Mughal artists, frequently appear on carpets. Here great care is given to render the drawing of flowers and the shading of the leaves as naturalistically as possible, yet nature is disregarded when two unrelated flowers grow from the same stem.
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Related Index Terms
Material and Technique
- • Textile, Cotton
- • Textile, Cotton, South and Southeast Asia
- • Textile, Wool
- • Textile, Wool, South and Southeast Asia
Object
- • Carpet
