Mughal & Other Indian Carpets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  
Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment of an Animal Carpet

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
late 16th century
Geography:
Northern India
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 30 11/16 in. (78 cm) W. 21 7/16 in. (54.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1971
Accession Number:
1971.263.3
Mughal Carpet

Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 16th–early 17th century
Geography:
present-day Pakistan, Lahore
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 328 in. (833.1 cm) W. 108 in. (274.3 cm) Wt. 132 lbs. (59.9 kg) Storage Tube: L. 132 in. (335.3 cm) Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:
17.190.858
 
Mughal Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
H: 128 3/4 in. .(327 cm) W: 90 3/4 in. (230.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number:
41.190.264
Mughal Carpet 

Carpet

Date:
mid-17th century
Geography:
Pakistan, Lahore
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 363 in. (922 cm) W. 134 in. (340.4 cm) Wt. 186 lbs. (84.4 kg) Storage Tube: H. 156 in. (396.2 cm) Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:
17.190.857

Provenance

Lady Sackville, Knole Park, Kent , England; J. Pierpont Morgan , New York (until 1917)

Mughal Carpet 

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
ca. 1650
Geography:
Northern India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore
Medium:
Silk (warp and weft), pashmina wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 163 3/4 in. (415.9 cm) W. 66 in. (167.6 cm) Diam. of tube 10 in. (25.4 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.725
  
Mughal Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
ca. 1650
Geography:
India or present-day Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft); wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 170 in. (431.8 cm) W. 81 3/4 in. (207.6 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Purchase, Florance Waterbury Bequest and Rogers Fund, 1970
Accession Number:
1970.321

Provenance

Maharaja of Jaipur , India (1656–at least 1929); Hagop Kevorkian , New York (until d. 1962; estate sale,Sotheby's, London, December 11, 1970, lot 8, to MMA)

 Mughal Carpet fragments 

Fragments of a Carpet

Object Name:
Fragments
Date:
mid-17th century
Geography:
Northern India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore
Medium:
Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: H. 34 in. (86.4 cm) W. 122 in. (309.9 cm) Mount: H. 40 in. (101.6 cm) W. 165 1/4 in. (419.7 cm) D. 2 3/8 in. (6 cm) Weight: 143 lbs (64.9 kg)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.719
Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragments of a Carpet with Lattice and Blossom Pattern

Object Name:
Fragments
Reign:
Shah Jahan (1628–58)
Date:
ca. 1650
Geography:
India or present-day Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore
Medium:
Silk (warp and weft), pashmina wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 155 3/4 in. (395.6 cm) W. 55 1/4 in. (140.3 cm) Mount: L. 66 in. (167.6 cm) W. 168 in. (426.7 cm) D. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) Weight: 263 lbs (119.3 kg)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.723

This carpet represents the highest level of production—imperial grade—made with an extremely fine weave and costly materials. It looks and feels like velvet, but the pile is actually pashmina wool, made from the fleece of Himalayan mountain goats. Its decorative style, with its floral forms, is typical of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan’s taste, seen also in the architectural ornament and manuscript illumination produced during his reign. These fragments constitute about one quarter of the original carpet, which was over twenty-three feet long, an enormous size for a carpet of this quality.
Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragments of a Trellis Pattern Carpet

Object Name:
Fragments
Date:
ca. 1650
Geography:
Northern India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore
Medium:
Silk (warp and weft), pashmina wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: H. 48 in. (121.9 cm) W. 119 in. (302.3 cm) Mount: H. 59 in. (149.9 cm) W. 164 1/8 in. (416.9 cm) D. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Weight: 288 lbs (130.6 kg)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.712
  
Mughal Carpet fragment 

Pashmina Carpet Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
first half 17th century
Geography:
Northern India
Medium:
Silk (warp and weft), pashmina wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) W. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number:
08.109.20

Provenance

[ Art market , India, 1880s]; [ Dikran G. Kelekian , New York, until 1908; sold to MMA]

Mughal Carpet fragment 

Carpet, fragment

Object Name:
Carpet, fragment
Date:
16th century
Geography:
Northern India
Medium:
Wool; asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 11 1/2 in. x W. 9 1/2 in.
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
Accession Number:
2009.458.16
  
  
Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment of a Carpet with Niche and Flower Design

Object Name:
Carpet, fragment
Date:
1630–40
Geography:
India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore
Medium:
Silk (warp and weft), pashmina wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 6 in. (15.2 cm) W. 25 1/2 in. (64.8 cm) Mount: L. 10 3/4 in. (27.3 cm) W. 30 5/8 in. (77.8 cm) D. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.722
This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 463
  
 Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragments

Object Name:
Fragments
Date:
17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk (warp and weft), wool (pashmina) pile
Dimensions:
H. 59 1/2 in. (151.1 cm) W: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.713
 Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
third quarter 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
L. 29 x W. 3.25 in. (73.7 x 8 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.494.5
 Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
third quarter 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
L. 60.5 x W. 15 in. (153.6 x 38 cm) Mount: H. 93 1/2 in. W. 27 in. D. 1 1/4 in. Wt. 51 lbs. (23.1 kg) Mount houses all components, a-d
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.494.4a
 Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
third quarter 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
L. 42 in. (106.7 cm) W. 6 in. (15.2 cm) Wt. 51 in. (23.1 kg) Mount houses all components, a-d
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.494.4c
 Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
third quarter 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
L. 15 in. (38 cm) W. 22.5 in. (57.2 cm) Wt. 51 lbs. (23.1 cm) Mount houses all components, a-d
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.494.4b
 Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
third quarter 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
L. 40 in. (101.6 cm) W. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) Wt. 51 lbs. (23.1 kg) Mount houses all components, a-d
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.494.4d
 Mughal Carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
second half 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Cotton, wool
Dimensions:
L. 64.5 in. (163.1 cm) W. 9.25 in. (23.2 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1983
Accession Number:
1983.494.6
 
 
 Indian carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
19th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 4 3/4in. (12.1 cm) L: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1923
Accession Number:
23.211.21
 Mughal 

Fragment of a Floorspread

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
late 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Cotton
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 66 3/4 in. (169.5 cm) W. 142 in. (360.7 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1982
Accession Number:
1982.239a
 Mughal prayer rug 

Carpet with Niche and Flower Design

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
mid-17th century
Geography:
India or Pakistan, Kashmir or Lahore
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 61 in. (154.9 cm) W. 40 1/2 in. (102.8 cm) Mount: L. 66 5/8 in. (169.2 cm) W. 45 in. (114.3 cm) D. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm) Wt. 107 lbs. (48.5 kg)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.2
 pashmina mille fleurs rug 

Pashmina Carpet with Gateway-and-Millefleur Pattern

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
second half 18th century
Geography:
Northern India, Kashmir
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), pashmina wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 74 3/16 in. (188.5 cm) W. 47 11/16 in. (121.2 cm) Mount: H. 79 1/8 in. (201 cm) W. 51 1/4 in. (130.2 cm) D. 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1970
Accession Number:
1970.302.7
 Mughal Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th–19th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 145 in. (368.3 cm) W. 102 in. (259.1 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.714
 Mughal Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
L. 103 x W. 101 in. (261.6 x 256.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of F. H. Hirschland, 1944
Accession Number:
44.70
 Indian carpet
 

Floor Cover

Date:
18th century (?)
Culture:
Indian
Dimensions:
154 3/4 x 151 3/4 in. (393.1 x 385.4cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2455
Accession Number:
1975.1.2455
 Indian carpet
 

Floor Cover

Date:
18th century (?)
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Dimensions:
212 x 153 in. (538.5 x 388.6cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2463
Accession Number:
1975.1.2463
 Kashmir Carpet
 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 18th–early 19th century
Geography:
India, probably Kashmir
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Max. H: 99 3/4 in. (251.5 cm); Min. H: 97 3/4 in. (248.3 cm) Max. W: 53 1/2 in. (135.9 cm); Min. W: 51 in. (129.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1967
Accession Number:
67.267
 Decan Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
India, probably Deccan
Medium:
Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Max. H: 79 in. (200.7 cm) Max: W: 54 3/4 in. (139.1 cm); Min. W: 53 1/2 in. (135.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.73
 Mughal fragments 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
mid-17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk and metal yarns; cut voided velvet
Dimensions:
H: 46 7/8 in. (119 cm) W: 27 9/16 in. (70 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Woven
Credit Line:
The Alice and Nasli Heeramaneck Collection, Gift of Alice Heeramaneck, 1991
Accession Number:
1991.347.3a
 Mughal silk and velvet carpet 

Velvet and Silk Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk, metal-wrapped thread; cut and voided velvet, brocaded
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 183 1/2 in. (466.1 cm) W. 103 in. (263.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1927
Accession Number:
27.115

For special occasions, Mughal palaces and pavilions were spread with silk hangings, carpets, and embroidered velvets. On one New Year’s Day, for instance, the emperor Jahangir mentioned visiting his vizier and brother-in-law Asaf Khan, who had covered the road from the palace with velvets woven with gold and gold brocade. This sumptuous carpet may have been used for such an occasion. Its design is reminiscent of Iranian textiles, but ink inscriptions in Gujarati script on its selvages indicate that the carpet was woven in that state, which was well known for the production of silks, velvets, and cottons.
 Indian carpet
 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
18th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Wool
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 147 in. (373.4 cm) W. 97 in. (246.4 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number:
41.190.271
 Indian carpet  

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
second half 17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Wool (pile) Cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 122 in. (309.9 cm) W. 61 1/2 in. (156.2 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:
14.40.717
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
17th century
Culture:
Indian
Dimensions:
213 x 100 in. (541 x 254cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2456
Accession Number:
1975.1.2456
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
17th century
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Dimensions:
323 1/2 x 127 in. (821.7 x 322.6cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2457
Accession Number:
1975.1.2457
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
17th century
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Medium:
Dimensions:
194 x 86 in. (492.8 x 218.4cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2461
Accession Number:
1975.1.2461
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
17th century
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Medium:
Dimensions:
216 1/2 x 99 in. (549.9 x 251.5cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2462
Accession Number:
1975.1.2462
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
17th century
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Dimensions:
440 x 157 in. (1117.6 x 398.8cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2459
Accession Number:
1975.1.2459
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
17th century
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Dimensions:
213 x 118 in. (541 x 299.7cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2460
Accession Number:
1975.1.2460
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
17th century
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Dimensions:
275 x 149 in. (698.5 x 378.5cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2464
Accession Number:
1975.1.2464
Indo-Persian carpet

Floor Cover

Date:
probably 19th century
Culture:
Indo-Persian
Dimensions:
187 x 144 1/4 in. (475 x 366.4cm)
Classification:
Textiles
Credit Line:
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 1975.1.2458
Accession Number:
1975.1.2458
  
 Mughal velvet medallion design 

Hanging with a Medallion Carpet Design

Object Name:
Hanging
Reign:
Shah Jahan (1628–58)
Date:
1628–58
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk; cut velvet
Dimensions:
Textile: H. 84 in. (213.4 cm) W. 61 in. (154.9 cm) Mount: H. 100 3/4 in. (255.9 cm) W. 70 in. (177.8 cm) D. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Woven
Credit Line:
Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
Accession Number:
41.190.256
 Mughal velvet Carpet fragment 

Fragment of a White-Ground Velvet Carpet

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
17th century
Geography:
India
Medium:
Silk, linen; cut velvet
Dimensions:
Textile: H. 14 in. (35.6 cm) W. 13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Woven
Credit Line:
Gift of Dikran G. Kelekian, 1917
Accession Number:
17.54.1
  

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