Object
name: carpet
/ rug
Title: Landscape with bird design (descriptive title)
Production:
execution: anonymous, Lahore, about 1600
Period/Style/School: Mughal empire (1526-1858)
Material: cotton <textile> (chain <jewelry>), cotton <textile> (weft), wool (Flor)
Technique: asymmetrical knot
Measurements:
height: 233 cm
width: 158 cm
Inventory number: OR 292
Acquisition: assumption (1907)
Associated object:
Fotografie eines nordindischen Gebetsteppichs um 1600 aus dem MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst (KI 7772-5)
Fotografie eines orientalischen Teppichs (KI 16562-1-3)
Fotografie eines indischen Vogelteppichs (Abb. 58) (KI 16595-20)
Description: Lahore, one of the Mughal capitals, was a major center of carpet production on the Indian subcontinent. Stylistically, the carpet’s design fits very well into the late Akbar, resp., early Jahangir period. The idealized garden scene with identifiable pairs of birds (peacocks, cranes etc.) and plants is designed naturalistically and delicately so that one can assume its model originated from the court studio. Its alignment suggests that it was used as a wall hanging. In the border, the carpet features grotesque masks typical for Mughal India, as well as a ton sur ton color scheme and the omission of sharp contouring. For a carpet with wool pile, it has a very high knot density, which underscores its extraordinary quality.
Department: Textiles and Carpets Collection
Collection: textiles and carpets collection, Handelsmuseum
See more:
MAK publication: Abb. in Das Kaiserlich Königliche Österreichische Museum für Kunst und Industrie, 1864 - 1914
MAK publication: Abb. im Global Lab Kat.
MAK publication: MAK Führer 1993, Abb. S.128
MAK Sketchfab: 3D-Modell
Exhibitions:
MAK-Schausammlung Teppiche (2014-2023), MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, 09/04/2014 to 08/01/2023
KNOTS symmetric_asymmetric. The MAK's Historical Oriental Carpets and Film Inserts of the Present, MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, 11/12/2002 to 23/03/2003
Title: Landscape with bird design (descriptive title)
Production:
execution: anonymous, Lahore, about 1600
Period/Style/School: Mughal empire (1526-1858)
Material: cotton <textile> (chain <jewelry>), cotton <textile> (weft), wool (Flor)
Technique: asymmetrical knot
Measurements:
height: 233 cm
width: 158 cm
Inventory number: OR 292
Acquisition: assumption (1907)
Associated object:
Fotografie eines nordindischen Gebetsteppichs um 1600 aus dem MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst (KI 7772-5)
Fotografie eines orientalischen Teppichs (KI 16562-1-3)
Fotografie eines indischen Vogelteppichs (Abb. 58) (KI 16595-20)
Description: Lahore, one of the Mughal capitals, was a major center of carpet production on the Indian subcontinent. Stylistically, the carpet’s design fits very well into the late Akbar, resp., early Jahangir period. The idealized garden scene with identifiable pairs of birds (peacocks, cranes etc.) and plants is designed naturalistically and delicately so that one can assume its model originated from the court studio. Its alignment suggests that it was used as a wall hanging. In the border, the carpet features grotesque masks typical for Mughal India, as well as a ton sur ton color scheme and the omission of sharp contouring. For a carpet with wool pile, it has a very high knot density, which underscores its extraordinary quality.
Department: Textiles and Carpets Collection
Collection: textiles and carpets collection, Handelsmuseum
See more:
MAK publication: Abb. in Das Kaiserlich Königliche Österreichische Museum für Kunst und Industrie, 1864 - 1914
MAK publication: Abb. im Global Lab Kat.
MAK publication: MAK Führer 1993, Abb. S.128
MAK Sketchfab: 3D-Modell
Exhibitions:
MAK-Schausammlung Teppiche (2014-2023), MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, 09/04/2014 to 08/01/2023
KNOTS symmetric_asymmetric. The MAK's Historical Oriental Carpets and Film Inserts of the Present, MAK – Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst / Gegenwartskunst, 11/12/2002 to 23/03/2003
