Tent Panel with Flowering Motif
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This textile served as a panel of a tent hanging, used to enclose private spaces during military campaigns or other travelling undertaken by men of rank in Mughal India. This panel presents a flowering plant set under a lobed arch, the intercedes filled with a green ground floral design, the mordant and dyes applied by brush, and the border indicated with a hatched repeat pattern. The strong clear design set against an undyed background functioned well as a bold tent decoration. The lobed arch makes direct reference to Islamic architectural motifs pervasive in India in this period.
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