Fragment

Physical description

Square fragment of a carpet. Made up of several fragments sewn together. Wool with cotton warps and silk wefts. Woven in fine cut and knotted woollen pile on cotton string warps, in about 28 knots to the inch. With a large trellis pattern of cross-shaped compartments outlined by angular and scrolling foliate bands in shades of blue, green and fawn, enclosing white-lily and other flowering plants on a plain red ground.

Woollen pile on cotton warp (2 levels, 42 to the inch) and crimson silk weft (3 shoots per row of knots). Sehna knots, about 440 to the square-inch.

Place of Origin

India (made)

Date

mid 17th century (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (production)

Materials and Techniques

Knotted pile wool, cotton and silk

Dimensions

Height: 52 cm, Width: 56 cm, Height: 20.5 in, Width: 22 in

Descriptive line

Carpet fragment of knotted pile wool, cotton and silk, India, mid 17th century

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Swallow, Deborah and John Guy eds. Arts of India: 1550-1900. text by Rosemary Crill, John Guy, Veronica Murphy, Susan Stronge and Deborah Swallow. London : V&A Publications, 1990. 240 p., ill. ISBN 1851770224, p.96, no.76

Materials

Wool

Subjects depicted

Flowers

Categories

Textiles; Floor coverings

Collection code

SSEA