Mae Festa 50 Years of Collecting Textiles - Peter Pap Oriental Rugs

INDIA
Carpet Fragment
17 th Century
Moghul, Lahore
Pashmina pile, silk warp.
85 x 16 cm 33½ x 2½ in
This is a fragment of the “millefleurs” carpet of the
period. The fineness of the drawing and the richness
of the color are a result of the use of silk warp.
The strength of silk allows a high knotting density.
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