A LARGE MUGHAL EMBROIDERED FLORAL PANEL
Northern India, first half 19th century

A LARGE MUGHAL EMBROIDERED FLORAL PANEL
Northern India, first half 19th century

Of rectangular shape, the panel of cherry red satin silk finely chain-stitched in polychrome silks in a bazuband (armband) grid of serrated ogival trellis, each cartouche in-filled with an un-repeated naturalistic bouquet of narcissi, roses, tulips, poppies, marigolds, and other flowers, encased within a triple border of scrolling floral and foliate registers, with a purple and white chevron inner border, the silk threads in off-white, yellow, dark green, magenta, and purple, laid onto a matching red cotton ground, tacked on to a padded panel, mounted on a stretcher, 147cm x 98cm.

The present panel shows a degree of strong affinity to the decorative program of the Mughal knotted-pile pashmina floral carpet on silk in the Victoria and Albert Museum (T.403-1910), attributed to Kashmir or Lahore, and dated ca. 1650. This example measures 142cm x 89cm as a result of having lost one of the floral outer borders. The present lot echoes then not only the motifs but also the dimensions of the V&A Mughal carpet, declaring itself a tribute to a classic of the Golden Age of Mughal textiles.

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Dimensions: 147cm x 98cm