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Carpets and Canopies of Mughal India

Name: Carpets and Canopies of Mughal India
Start: 2024-03-22T00:00:00-06:00
End: 2024-09-08T23:59:59-06:00
Location: Cleveland Museum of Art

March 22, 2024 - September 8, 2024

Carpets and canopies designated portable courtly spaces among nomadic groups. The Mughals of India used carpets and canopies to mark royal presence. Even when the Mughals settled in permanent stone structures, a special carpet (jharokha) signaled the window where the populace could see and petition the emperor from below. Other regional rulers all over India soon adopted the use of the jharokha carpet to locate other members of a royal household. Mughal carpets were not meant to be walked on, functioning more like furniture and creating an intimate space where courtly pleasures were enjoyed.

Image: Babur receives booty and Humayun’s salute after the victory over Sultan Ibrahim in 1526, from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu’l Fazl (Indian, 1551–1602), c. 1596–1597 or 1604. India, Mughal court, made for Emperor Akbar. 2013.308

Details

Start:: March 22, 2024
End:: September 8, 2024
Event Categories:: Global Textile Event, Global Textile Events
Website:: https://www.clevelandart.org/exhibitions/carpets-and-canopies-mughal-india

Venue

: Cleveland Museum of Art
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