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Technical Description The Widener Mughal Animal Carpet
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Technical Description The Widener Mughal Animal Carpet
1942.9.475 (C-328)

Scenic Animal Rug

Lahore ca. 1595.

Wool pile on cotton warp and cotton weft, 4.160 x 1.910 (160 x 75)

Widener Collection

Warp: Cotton Z6S with some Z8S, ivory. Alternate warps moderately depressed. Weft: cotton, 2Z and 3Z, dyed light rusty red, x3. Several short diagonal lines of weft return. Pile: variably 2Z, 3Z, and some 4Z. Asymmetrical knotting open to the left. Hor. 14,15. Vert. 19,17. Approximately 260 knots to the square inch. The ends and sides are cut and replaced with new finishes. Colors: ivory, various shades of brown, ecru, wine-red, dark pink, abrashed orange, pale yellow, pale green, various shades of abrashed blue, dark violet. Red and ivory are blended within the knot in limited areas. The pale green and other shades have faded variably. The outer guard band is missing on all four sides. Most of the reds, pinks, and browns in the field have eroded to a lower level, with a good bit of wear showing in the field. Other than repaired slits, especially at the lower end and insect damage in the border, The rug is in extremely good condition.

(For comparison Ames Carpet Technical Details)

Author's Note

I have not inspected the rug and am basing this structural description almost word for word on notes of the late Charles Grant Ellis sent to me by Robert Wilson Torchia. I have repeated word for word what Ellis wrote except that I have changed the date from 1625 to circa 1595 and the location from Northern India to Lahore. By comparing the artistic evidence to the latest historical data dealing with the location of the court I feel my place and date to be the more probable. I rarely disagree with the late Mr. Ellis but this is one of those rare occasions.

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