Cabinet
Rosewood, ivory, silver Gujarat, India or Sindh, Pakistan Mughal period, ca. 1670
The Mughal 'flower style'
The ‘‘flower style’ commonly identified with the Mughal dynasty and taste, was perfected and achieved its most characteristic expression during Shah Jahan’s reign (1628–1658), but the style dates to the earlier reign of Jahangir (ruled 1605–27), when in 1620 the emperor commissioned the court artist Mansur to depict flowers of the Kashmir region. The cabinet represents the fusion of Mughal decorative motifs, Indian materials and techniques and European furniture form.
