The Osterreichisches Museum Peacock Mughal Rug

The Peacock Mughal Rug Lahore Circa 1600 Osterreichisches Museum fur angewandte Kunst, Vienna. Warp - 8 ply white cotton Wefts - pale red cotton, 3 ply, 3 shoots. First and third wefts are rigid and the second is sinuous. Pile - sheep's wool asymmetrical knot open left. Knot count - 460 Knots per square Inch or roughly 7360 knots per square Decimeter. Size - 7 feet 10 inches by 5 feet 2 1/2 inches. 1. (For comparison Widener Technical Description)

Authors Note:

I have not personally examined this carpet. These details are based on the Sarre and Trenkwald structural analyses from "Old Oriental Carpets" Vienna, 1926 to 1929. With additional information from Ian Bennett's "Rugs and carpets of the world".

1. Sarre Friedrich and Trenkwald, Hermann. Old Oriental Carpets. Trans. A. F. Kendrick. (Vienna Anton Schroll & Co.): 1929.

2. Bennett, Ian et al. Rugs & Carpets of the World. (Edison: Wellfleet Press). 1977.

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.

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