Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Northern India, India
Inscription
none
Accession Number
91-D5
Department
Asian Art
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Physical description
Long, room-sized carpet with a design of a classical Persian style medallion hovering over a field of scrolling vines, blossoms, palmettes and cloudbands. These are enclosed by a main border of linked cartouches and an outer reciprocal trefoil minor border.
The design is symmetrical around its central axis and the lobed central medallion extends across the width of the carpet to the extent that its flamed edges almost run into the border. There are no figural design elements. The overall design has the effect of running infinitely underneath the medallion, as opposed to some classical Indian or Persian carpets that are woven with an area of empty space around the medallion.