The Textile Museum 1994.12.1 |
The style of this carpet relates it to the decorative arts of the imperial
Mughal court. In particular, it is similar to the red ground floral carpets
associated with the Amber palace near Jaipur, but it is not as finely woven.
The naturalistic flowers with leaves and stems grow upwards from a base. Each plant is displayed around a vertical axis, but just as in nature, there is only an approximation of symmetry. Look for symmetry-breaking among the flowers. There are many different kinds of flowers, so there is no overall field pattern although all the flowers are laid out within an oblique grid. The repeated unit of red ground defined by white leafy outlines forms a tessellation which covers the plane. In the border, several patterns are united through reflection. |
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