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As Mughals
brought carpet weaving to become as an
inevitable part of the handicraft art
forms in India like carpets, over the
centuries, the local miniaturists and
the artists were gradually replacing
that particular Persian style and
decorations with a more Indian form.
After all, it was to be named as the
celebrated Mughal style of carpet
weaving.
Mughal
carpet forms are highly distinguished
from other highly renowned forms in
respect of meticulous floral themes and
zoomorphic subjects used in carpet
weaving. Carpets are mostly woven on
cotton and sometimes, silk foundation.
Usually represented themes on the carpet
surface are mature forms of naturalism.
For instance, the flowering plants are
not imaginary but reflect the reality of
the world. The animal forms range from
the weaving of ferocious beasts like
cheetahs, tigers, rhinoceroses, etc.,
that are native to the Indian
subcontinent.
Another
distinctive character of Mughal carpets
is the practice of an idiosyncratic
color palette. The typical lac red color
background in the carpets and the
characteristic bluish likeness in the
ground make it identifiable as a
specimen of Mughal art. All organically
derived colors like yellow, light red,
pink, mustard yellow, light blue,
midnight blue, orange, green, black, and
brown come out as the choices for great
skills of the Indian dyers as well as
the weavers since the Mughal period.
The
specially crafted borders are
characterized by the dark ground with
colors like dark green-blue. This looks
quite a match with the typical contrast
of a lac red carpet. The way the colors
are being combined in the Mughal
carpets, it shows the precision of the
artisans following the Mughal art form
even when the dissimilar tones of the
similar tint is used side by side
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Following are the various categories of
carpets found in India:
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Hand-knotted carpets
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Tufted woolen carpets
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Pure silk carpets
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Persian carpets
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Iranian carpets
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Kilims
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