Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1600
Publication Place
India (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Maximum length: 94cm, Width: 46cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
1555-1903
Record ID
1555-1903
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1600
Notes
Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, design of lion and deer among flowers on dark blue ground with red border edge, Mughal, northern India, 1600-1700
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Also observed: warp x weft 6-7 x 5-6 per cm (27/11/14, SC). Cotton Wool
Fiziksel açıklama
WARP: white cotton; Z6S; depressed; 19 threads to the inch (72 per dm). WEFT: red cotton; Z spun, unplied; 4 parallel threads to each shoot and 3 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots to the inch (46 per dm). PILE: wool; 11 colours: dark red, red, dark green, olive green, light green, dark blue, light blue, dark pink, pink, light brown, black; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 105 knots to the sq. inch (1656 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: left-hand side is missing. Right-hand side is returned weft only. END FINISH: lower end is part missing, part cut. Upper end is cut. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with lion chasing antelope and blue-horned stag through field of red flowers on pink stems. Main border: red ground with animals, burds, leaves and blossoms. Inner and outer borders: light blue ground with dark blue geometric design.
Üslup
Mughal
