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Balustrade CoverMughal dynasty, 1650-1700

Not on view
Vertical pile carpet with a symmetrical floral arabesque design in sage green, tan, parchment, and crimson, with a small central medallion and repeating fan-shaped blossoms across the field

Unknown, Balustrade Cover, Mughal dynasty, 1650-1700, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Balustrade Cover
Place Made
India
Date Made
Mughal dynasty, 1650-1700
Medium
Silk cut and voided velvet on metallic-thread twill ground
Dimensions
49 1/8 × 36 5/8 in. (124.78 × 93.03 cm)
Credit Line
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky
Accession Number
M.73.5.703
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, Janice Leoshko, Joseph M. Dye, III, Stephen Markel. Romance of the Taj Mahal. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1989.
  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed. Islamic Art: The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection. Los Angeles: Museum Associates, 1973.
  • Komaroff, Linda. Beauty and Identity: Islamic Art from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2016.