About the Artwork
Floral Carpet
between 1610 and 1625
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Indian
Islamic
Wool pile on a cotton foundation
Overall: 145 1/2 × 71 inches (3 m 69.6 cm × 180.3 cm) Overall (velcro length): 69 inches (175.3 cm)
Rugs
Islamic Art
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford
29.242
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1929-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Gans-Ruedin, E. Le Tapis des Indes. Paris: Office du Livre Editions Vilo, p. 129, (ill. opp. p. 129).
Weibel, Adele Coulin. "A Persian and an Indian Rug," Bulletin of the DIA 10 (1929): pp. 95-97, p. 96 (ill.).
Walker, Daniel. Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 1997, p. 57, p. 64 (fig. 58) (cat. no. 12), (ill.), p. 66 [described].
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Islamic, Indian, Floral Carpet, between 1610 and 1625, wool pile on a cotton foundation. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford, 29.242.
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