Flowers underfoot : Indian carpets of the Mughal era
By
Daniel Walker
Contributor
The Metropolitan Museum Of Art
Periodical
0
Serial
14
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description
199
ISBN / ISSN No.
0809997874
Subject
1. Rugs, Mogul -- Exhibitions; 2. Rugs -- India -- Themes, motives -- Exhibitions; 3. Alfombras -- Exibiciones.
Summay
It surveys the history of period, commerce, technical characteristics, and the carpets themselves. These carpets exemplify the broad range of imperial and provincial production during the "classical" period of Indian carpet weaving till 1800.
Keyword
Style and Pattern, Persian style, Animals and pictorial designs, flower style, durbar, millefleur, and multiple-niche prayer types, silks, remarkable group from Kyoto, Pile-woven carpets, Oriental carpets.
DDC Classification No.
746.754
Accession No.
14
Shelving location
1
Category
Floor Furnishings