National Textile University

B-TAD (Textile Designing) History of Design

Assignment:
Textile Motifs of Mughals

Submitted to:
Mam Tabbasum Amir

Submitted by:
Saqib Rao 10-NTU-1249

Date:
19-04-2012

Mughals
Introduction:
Mughals Era was one of synthesis in culture as well as politics & religion. The Mughals combined Islamic themes with Persian motifs to produce a unique style that enriched the culture & art and their architecture.

Mughals textile motifs

Introduction:
In mughals, textiles and dress played a significantly cultural role. There are many items carpets, prayer rugs. Textile motifs were also used in dresses on Mughal emperor & queens.

Kilim with historiated scenes Iran, late 17th century Tapestry weave in silk brocaded with metal threads H. 2.49 m; W. 1.39 m Muse du Louvre, acquired 1904, donated by Flix Doistau OA 5946. Kilims are carpets or rugs woven using a tapestry technique. This kilim, which was made in Safavid Iran, is woven in silk couched with gold and silver thread.

Uses of beetles in personal adornment, whether alive or deceased, have appeared in many ... Use of eltra in Indian textiles began to explode during the Mughal era (1526 - 1756). ... They were usually formed into floral motifs. There are two different colors of the beetle wings; the flowers are done in the coppery red variety, the leaves in the more typical kind.

Embroidery has played a prominent role in Indian textiles and culture. ... At the courts of Mughals and other ruling elites, in which embroidered textiles.

Ottoman Safavid and Mughal textile art. In traditional Islamic society, textiles and dress played a significantly greater sociocultural role. In red, black & green color.

Mughal carpet with... their exclusively floral patterns incorporate a profusion of tiny blossom clusters. ... 1998, Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era, Daniel S. Walker, and Ed ... Barnes, Ruth, Emma Dick, and Jon Thompson, Textiles through the Ages...

Carpet, Mughal, period of Shah Jahan (162858) ... Carpet, 17th century; Mughal.... Similar motifs also appeared this artistic metaphor appears on textiles, architectural tile panels, and other objects, but is an especially appropriate decorative motif for prayer rugs. ...This mille-fleurs type of prayer rug was produced in Mughal India.