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Floorspread

17th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Burhanpur (made)

Cotton floorspread, white ground with design of standing poppy plants in pink and green.Border on all four sides of green ground with floral meander with pink flower heads. The main pattern is the same as IM 69-1930.


Object details

Categories
Textiles
Floor Coverings
Object type
Floorspread
Materials and techniques
Printed, drawn and dyed cotton.
Brief description
Floorspread of printed and dyed cotton, Mughal, 17th century (about 1650).
Physical description
Cotton floorspread, white ground with design of standing poppy plants in pink and green.Border on all four sides of green ground with floral meander with pink flower heads. The main pattern is the same as IM 69-1930.
Dimensions
  • Top edge width: 9810mm
  • Bottom edge width: 9765mm
  • Proper right length: 3993mm
  • Proper left length: 3940mm
Object measured 21/5/2013. Made up of four panels sewn together length-wise, each between 95 and 99 cm wide.
Gallery label
FLOOR-SPREAD In a Mughal palace, fine 'summer carpets' were used during the hot months. The flower design of this immense floor-covering created an indoor garden for people sitting on the floor. The poppies are typical of the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (ruled 1628-58), when naturalistic flower patterns were used widely, from manuscript borders to architecture. Cotton, printed and dyed Possibly Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh, about 1650 V&A: IM.77-1938(03/10/2015-10/01/2016)
Object history
Nominal File: Ratton, Charles J. MA/1/R230
Bibliographic reference
Vivek Gupta, ‘Splendour of the City: Nagarshobha’ in Roda Ahluwalia, ed. Reflections on Mughal Art & Culture, Niyogi Books/The K.R. Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 2021, pp. 230-253. See fig. 5, pp. 236-237.
Other number
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IM.77-1938

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1191442/floorspread-unknown/
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