This collection will grow as we develop ideas.

PROVENANCE:
Northern India, Kashmir or Lahore, second half of the 17th century.

DIMENSIONS:
210 x 147.3 cm

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Warp: ivory, red, yellow, green silk in stripes, z(?)s, alternates depressed.

Weft: red silk, (z2)x3

Pile: pashmina wool, z5, Persian knotted 675 Persian knots per sq. inch.

Sides: red silk overcasting

Ends: top: plain-weave bands using wefts; bottom: plain-weave bands using wefts, traces of elaborately-pleated silk warp fringe.

Pashmina carpet with millefleur pattern.

We are attempting to re create this rug. Watch this space.

 
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