Carpet, ca. 1650; Mughal
India
Cotton, wool
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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