Carpet with wool and cotton knotted pile, India, 17th centuryCarpet, with wool and cotton pile. In the field is a trellis pattern filled with flowering plants in yellow and white with green, red and blue. The border is filled with palmettes and flowers between two narrow scroll borders.
Warps of white cotton, S plied and Z spun on two levels. 24 threads to the inch.
Wefts of red silk. 12 shoots to the inch.
Pile of white cotton and coloured wools, all Z spun. Most of the knots consist of three strands of 2 spun wool or cotton. Pile short and worn. Persian knots: 12 horizontally and 12 vertically. 144 to square inch.
The selvedges are not original and overcast with red wool. The ends, with one end re-woven, and the other with remains of warp fringe.