Textile Length with Seated Deer and Floral Blossoms

Rahul Jain|Hasmat Ansari

2018 · Silk and silver lamella · Islamic Art

This textile was hand-woven in 2018 on a traditional Indian draw-loom by silk-weaver Hasmat Ansari in village Amehta, Uttar Pradesh, India. Its original design of seated deer interspersed with floral blossoms against silver ground is inspired by Mughal album borders. The silver here is only mildly patinated allowing us to visualize a similar effect in historical textiles which are now largely all tarnished.

Artist

Rahul Jain|Hasmat Ansari

Date

2018

Medium

Silk and silver lamella

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Purchase, Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen Gift, in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Estate of Howard Hodgkin and Goldman Sachs Gift, and funds from various donors, 2021