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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
South Asia Gallery, Room 41

Carpet

ca. 1650 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Carpet of knotted-pile in pashmina (goat-hair) on silk warps and wefts. With a design of a serrated ogival trellis with naturalistically-rendered flowering plants in each compartment. Vertical wavy stems in yellow, forming ogee-shaped compartments enclosing devices of narcissus, rose, tulips, poppy and other flowers, in colours on a red ground. A narrow border of interlacing wavy floral and leafy stems, in colours, on a greenish-yellow ground, runs around the outside. There was originally an outer floral border which is now missing.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Knotted-pile pashmina (goat-hair) on silk
Brief description
Carpet of knotted-pile in pashmina (goat-hair) on silk, possibly made in Kashmir or Lahore, ca. 1650
Physical description
Carpet of knotted-pile in pashmina (goat-hair) on silk warps and wefts. With a design of a serrated ogival trellis with naturalistically-rendered flowering plants in each compartment. Vertical wavy stems in yellow, forming ogee-shaped compartments enclosing devices of narcissus, rose, tulips, poppy and other flowers, in colours on a red ground. A narrow border of interlacing wavy floral and leafy stems, in colours, on a greenish-yellow ground, runs around the outside. There was originally an outer floral border which is now missing.
Dimensions
  • Height: 142cm
  • Width: 89cm
Credit line
Salting Bequest
Bibliographic references
  • The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 Number: ISBN 0 906969 26 3 p. 76, cat. no 200, Rosemary Crill Daniel Walker, 'Flowers Underfoot', Metropolitan Museum, New York, 1997, cat.no.27.
  • Ayers, J. Oriental Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London 1983, ISBN 0-85667-120-7 p. 72
  • Irwin, John C., Indian Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1968 pl. 54
  • Irwin, John, C., A Brief Guide to Indian Art, H.M.S.O. 1962 fiog. 18
  • Irwin, John; Indian Art: Victoria & Albert Museum departmental guide, H.M.S.O. ISBN 0 905209117, 1978 fig. 18, p. 15
Collection
Accession number
T.403-1910

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Record createdSeptember 29, 2006
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