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Carpet

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

Carpet made of silk velvet. In dark green, light blue, red and shades of gold on a ground of silk. The design of the field consists of six conventional plants and three trees. Border of scrolled flower stems. Cream ground, with 3 row pattern in green, red and blue, each row containing a central formal cypress tree flanked by a pair of fanciful flowering plants.


Object details

Categories
Floor Coverings
Interiors
Textiles
Object type
Carpet
Materials and techniques
Silk velvet
Brief description
Carpet made of silk velvet, India, probably late 17th century
Physical description
Carpet made of silk velvet. In dark green, light blue, red and shades of gold on a ground of silk. The design of the field consists of six conventional plants and three trees. Border of scrolled flower stems. Cream ground, with 3 row pattern in green, red and blue, each row containing a central formal cypress tree flanked by a pair of fanciful flowering plants.
Dimensions
  • Length: 203cm
  • Width: 116cm
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. 88, cat. no. 223, Veronica Murphy
  • The art of India and Pakistan, a commemorative catalogue of the exhibition held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1947-8. Edited by Sir Leigh Ashton. London: Faber and Faber, [1950] p. 213, cat. no. 1005
  • Irwin, John C., Indian Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1968
  • Irwin, John, C., A Brief Guide to Indian Art, H.M.S.O. 1962 fig. 20
  • Miller, Lesley Ellis, and Ana Cabrera Lafuente, with Claire Allen-Johnstone, eds. Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion. London: Thames & Hudson Ltd in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2021. ISBN 978-0-500-48065-6. This object features in the publication Silk: Fibre, Fabric and Fashion (2021)
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
IS.16-1947

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
Record URL
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