Floral Carpet, between 1610 and 1625

  • Islamic, Indian

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)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford

29.242

Mr. and Mrs. Edsel B. Ford (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

1929-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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].

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.