Girdler's carpet

{{short description|Carpet}}

Girdler's carpet (Girdler's Mughal carpet) was a Mughal carpet (handwoven floor covering). The carpet was ordered by Robert Bell from the Royal workshops in Lahore in 1634. The carpet was given to the Worshipful Company of Girdlers. It was a floral carpet with the dimensions of 27 feet x 8 feet. This carpet is still in possession with the company, in Girdlers' Hall, London.

The Girdler's carpet is one of the best-documented examples of Mughul carpet weaving. Mughal Carpets were woven at Agra, Lahore, and Fatehpur Sikri.{{Cite book|last1=Bell|first1=James Elton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AXdzoxq2NX8C|title=Sir Robert Bell and His Early Virginia Colony Descendants: A Compilation of 16th, 17th, and 18th Century English and Scottish Families with the Surname Bell, Beale, Le Bel ... Et Al|last2=Bell|first2=Frances Jean|date=2007|publisher=Wheatmark, Inc.|isbn=978-1-58736-747-2|location=|pages=95|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Bloom|first1=Jonathan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=un4WcfEASZwC|title=Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art & Architecture: Three-Volume Set|last2=Blair|first2=Sheila S.|last3=Blair|first3=Sheila|date=2009-05-14|publisher=OUP USA|isbn=978-0-19-530991-1|location=|pages=368|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Mughal carpet|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Mughal-carpet|access-date=2021-01-04|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}{{Cite book|last1=Walker|first1=Daniel S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ILPYtPB4x0C|title=Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the Mughal Era|last2=N.Y.)|first2=Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York|date=1997|publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art|isbn=978-0-87099-788-4|location=|pages=166|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Irwin|first=John|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=COKeHAAACAAJ|title=The Girdlers' Carpet|date=1962|publisher=order of the Court of Girdlers Company|language=en}}