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Indian Hunting Carpet
Mughal India Circa 1595
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mrs.
Fredrick L. Ames in Memory of Fredrick L. Ames.
Warps - white cotton, Warp:
8 ply. (Warps are Z7S and Z8S ply see notes)
Wefts - reddish brown cotton, 3 ply, 3 shoots.
(Walker calls the color apricot)
Pile - sheep's wool 2, 3, and 4, ply. (Walker
says Z2)
Knot count - 19 Horizontal, 20 Vertical, 380
Knots per square Inch or roughly 6080 knots per
square Decimeter. (Walker says 20 h x 23 v for
460 knots per square inch.)
Sides - traces of red wool overcasting
(Walker)
Ends - plain weave band (Walker)
Size - 8 feet by 5 feet. 1.
(Walker says 7 ft. 11 5/8 in. by 5 ft. 5/8 in.)
The rug now has an attached backing.
(For comparison Widener Technical
Description)
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The age of this rug has been called into question by Ellen Smart. Ellen also spotted that I had the image reversed.
Authors Note:
I have not personally examined this carpet. Julia Bailey of the
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston was kind enough to give me
these technical details in a telephone conversation.
Julia noted that the rug has had a backing applied that
makes examination difficult. These details are based on
the Sarre and Trenkwald structural analysis from
"Old Oriental Carpets" Vienna, 1926 to 1929. At
a later point I came in and added differences that came
out in Daniel Walkers structural analysis in Flowers
Underfoot. I must note that the Walker analysis is
tentative, what ever that is supposed to mean. I decided
to leave the Sarre and Trenkwald structural analysis and
add the Walker differences.4
Note: I recently spoke to Daniel Walker 3.
at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Dr.
Walker was kind enough to confirm my suspicions that this
rug must have variation in ply counts in the warps. I
neither asked nor did he volunteer any other structural
details since he will publish his complete structural
analysis later this year (due fall 1997).
1. Stone, Peter. The Oriental Rug Lexicon.
(Seattle, University of Washington Press, 1997). page 9.
2. Bailey, Julia. Personal telephone communication,
August 1997
3. Walker, Daniel. Personal telephone communication,
August 1997
4. Walker, Daniel. Flowers Underfoot. (New
York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1997) p. 163-164
Related Mughal
Carpets, Widener Technical
Description, The Widener Mughal
Animal Carpet
For Further Reading:
Guide to Rugs
& Books
La Miniature En
Orient
Southwest Asia Time
Line
Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr. Antique Agra Rugs Antique Alcaraz Rugs Antique Amristar Rugs Antique Bakshaish Rugs Antique Bessarabian Rugs Antique Bezalel Rugs Antique Bidjar Rugs Antique Bijar Rugs Antique Cairene Rugs Antique Chinese Rugs Antique Ghiordes Rugs Antique Hereke Rugs Antique Heriz Rugs Antique Karabagh Rugs Antique Kashan Rugs Antique Kerman Rugs Antique Khorassan Rugs Antique Khotan Rugs Antique Konya Rugs Antique Oushak Rugs Antique Sarouk Farahan Antique Serapi Rugs Antique Senneh Rugs Antique Sultanabad Rugs Antique Tabriz Rugs Antique Tabriz Haji Jalili Rugs
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