File:India, Mughal, Kashmir, 17th century - Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration - 1936.17 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
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[edit]Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration
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Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration |
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This tour de force of Mughal weaving sets symmetrically intertwined flowering vines against a deep wine-red ground. The small-scale flowers that fill the ground space appear to be so numerous that this type of pattern is given the name millefleurs, “thousand flowers” in French, after a type of medieval European tapestry pattern. The use of pashmina wool indicates that this work was made in Kashmir, near the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India. They lend a silken sheen that augments the carpet’s luxurious quality. Mughal carpets of this type were prized by Europeans and Americans during the 18th and 19th centuries. |
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| Date | 1600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medium | Asymmetrical knot: pashmina (wool) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | Average: 292.7 x 248.9 cm (115 1/4 x 98 in.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Textiles |
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1936.17 |
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| Place of creation | India, Mughal, Kashmir, 17th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | Dudley P. Allen Fund | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | https://clevelandart.org/art/1936.17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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