Sujet
Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration, early 1600s. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration, early 1600s. 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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Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19G20_140
Model release
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Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
151,0Mo (7,0Mo) / 66,1cm x 57,3cm / 7804 x 6764 (300dpi)