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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp214611.jpg)
| Carpet with a Compartment Design - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- first half 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 196 in. (497.8 cm) W. 134 in. (340.4 cm) Tube: H. 146 in. (370.8 cm) Weight: 79 lbs. (198 lbs. rolled on tube. tube is 119 lbs. empty) Diam. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910
- Accession Number:
- 10.61.3
- [ Vincent Robinson & Co. , until at least 1882; to Thiem]; Adolph Thiem, Berlin (after 1882–ca. 1895; sold to Yerkes); Charles Tyson Yerkes , New York (until d. 1905; his estate,1905–10; sold to MMA)
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp215776.jpg)
| The Anhalt Medallion Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- probably first half 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 317 1/2 in. (806.5 cm) W. 167 in. (424.2 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1946
- Accession Number:
- 46.128
- Dukes of Anhalt, Dessau, Germany (after 1683); Sir Joseph Duveen , London (by 1931–d. 1939); [ Duveen Brothers, London , by 1940]; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York (until 1946)
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp216101.jpg)
| Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 140 in. (355.6 cm) W. 71 1/4 in. (181 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910
- Accession Number:
- 10.61.2
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp245045.jpg)
| The Emperor's Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- second half 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 299 in. (759.5 cm) W. 133 1/2 in. (339.1 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1943
- Accession Number:
- 43.121.1
- One of the finest products of the Safavid court ateliers, this carpet once adorned the summer residence of the Habsburg emperors. The main field balances a sophisticated net of floral scrolls, large composite palmettes, cloud bands, buds, and blossoms with a myriad of real and fictional animals—dragons and Chinese antelope, lion and buffalo, tigers and leopards, ducks and pheasants. A verse found in the inner guard band likens a garden in springtime to the Garden of Paradise.
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![Safavid fragment Safavid Carpet fragment](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp235953.jpg)
| Fragment of a Carpet with Cartouche Border - Object Name:
- Fragment
- Date:
- late 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 43 in. (109.2 cm) W. 49 in. (124.5 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1970
- Accession Number:
- 1970.302.1
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp216190.jpg) | The Seley Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- late 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp), cotton (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 280 in. (711.2 cm) W. 121 in. (307.3 cm) Tube: L. 157 in. (398.8 cm) Diam. 21 in. (53.3cm) Wt. 86 lbs. (39 kg) (carpet was weighed with 120 lb. tube at 204 lbs.)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Presented in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Gift of Louis E., Theresa S., Hervey, and Elliot Jay Seley, and Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1978
- Accession Number:
- 1978.550
- This is one of the finest Persian carpets known, produced at a time when the art of carpet weaving had achieved its greatest heights under the patronage of the Safavid shahs in the sixteenth century. Striking in the harmony of its pattern and color, this carpet combines the medallion scheme adapted from bookbindings with a field composed of a well-planned system of floral forms on scrolling vines and floating cloud bands of Chinese derivation.
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![Tabriz fragment Tabriz fragment](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-22.100.67.jpg) | Fragment of a Northwest Persian Medallion Carpet - Object Name:
- Fragment
- Date:
- early 16th century
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm) W. 28 in. (71.1 cm) Mount: L. 45 5/8 in. (115.9 in.) W. 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm) D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Wt. 32 lbs. (14.5 kg)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
- Accession Number:
- 22.100.67
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/sf41-100-113d.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 487 1/2 in. (1238.3 cm) W. 182 3/4 in. (464.2 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941
- Accession Number:
- 41.100.113
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-14.40.718m.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Northern Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 273 in. (693.4 cm) W. 106 1/4 in. (269.9 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Accession Number:
- 14.40.718
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/sf64-311c.jpg) | Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 338 in. (858.5 cm) W. 128 in. (325.1 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1964
- Accession Number:
- 64.311
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-22.100.75.jpg)
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Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- H: 230 in. (584.2 cm) W: 94 in. (238.8 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
- Accession Number:
- 22.100.75
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/tp297.jpg) | Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran
- Medium:
- Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- H: 215 in. (546.1 cm) with fringe H: 211 3/4 in. (537.8 cm) without fringe W: 102 3/4 in. (261 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
- Accession Number:
- 22.100.74
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-60.32.jpg)
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Tree design - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- ca. 1700
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran or Kurdistan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 262 in. (665.5 cm) W. 92 3/4 in. (235.6 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1960
- Accession Number:
- 60.32
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-32.16m.jpg) | Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrical knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 168 in. (426.7 cm) W. 79 in. (200.7 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of George F. Baker, 1932
- Accession Number:
- 32.16
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![Safavid Prayer Rug Safavid Prayer Rug](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-17.120.124.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp and weft) Wool (pile) metal wrapped thread; asymmetricaly knotted thread, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 63 1/2 in. (161.3 cm) W. 43 1/4 in. (109.9 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
- Accession Number:
- 17.120.124
- Inscription: Definition: Qur'anic Location: Outer guard band:Qur'an, ch. II, vv. 285, 286 Main border: ch. II, v. 256; Inner guard band, ch.VII, vv.203-5; Border of niche: ch. XIII, vv. 16, 17, ch. LVII, v. 3, ch. LIX, vv. 23, 24; In compartments of spandrels, titles of Allah; In cartouche in niche: Allah is the greaatest, the great. Translation: Inscriptions: (N. Martinovitch, see notes) Outer guard band: Koran, ch. II, vv. 285, 286 Main border: Koran, ch. II, v. 256 Inner guard band: ch. VII, vv. 203-205 Border of niche: ch. XIII, vv. 16, 17, ch. LVII, v. 3, ch. LIX, vv. 23, 24. In compartments of spandrels, titles of Allah. In cartouche in niche: Allah is the greatest, the great. Extracts from Koran 1 a: The prophet believeth in what is sent down unto him, as well as the faithful believe. They all believe in God, in His angels, in His books and in all his prophets; declaring, we make no distinction between any of his prophets. And they say; we have heard and obeyed; we seek thy forgiveness, our Lord! And to Thee, all things shall return. God imposes no task upon any soul but according to its capacity. Extracts from Koran 1 B: It will enjoy the fruit of the good it has done and will bear penalty for evil it has committed. Our Lord! Take us not to task if we forget or commit fault without intention. Our Lord! Place no heavy burden upon us as thou hast put upon those who were before us. Koran II, vv. 285,286 (Ali) Extracts from Koran 2: He is God. There is no God besides Him, the living, the sustaining. No sleep overtakes him, nor does slumber. Unto Him belongeth what is in the heavens and earth. Who can intercede with Him without His permission? He knows whatever lies before them and whatever lies behind them. They cannot compass anything of His knowledge, excepting that which He wisheth. His throne contains the heavens and the earth. He does not grow fatigued in watching over them and He is knowing and wise. Koran II, v. 255 (Ali) Extracts from Koran 3: And if the Koran is read you must listen because it is the word of the Creator. Call upon your God and He will have mercy on you. He will deliver you from your enemies. Do not be like those who sleep, for religion is the principal thing to God, and those who do not kneel and pray will be punished by Him. Koran VII, vv. 204-6. Extracts from Koran 4. He is God, He besides Whom there is no other God. He is the King, the holy, the peace-bestower, the faithful, the glorious, the honorable, the Almighty, the lord of pride. Exalted is God, the Creator, the giver of life, the framer of form. Unto Him belong the most beautiful names. He is the first and the last; the manifest and the hidden; and He knows everything. Koran LIX, vv. 23,24 Extracts from Koran 4b: He is the truth, the clear, the luminous, the praise-worthy, the living, the kingly, the patient, the noble, the chosen, the bestower of bounties and lights of excellence. He is the lord of mercy, lord of power, lord of destiny, lord of compassion. He is the forgiver of sins, bestower of kindness, producer of prosperity and possessor of grandeur and magnificence. Extracts from Koran 5: And unto God pay homage, all that are in the heavens and on earth, willingly and unwillingly, and also do their shadwos, in forenoons and afternoons. Say - "who is the lord of heaven and earth? Say - "God" Say "Have ye then chosen besides Him, as lords, those who possess no power, either to benefit themselves or to guard themselves against harm?"Extract from Koran 6:God is Great. Notes: The verses given by Martinovitch do not correspond exactly with the translation and arrangement of the Qur'an by Maulvi Muhammad Ali. He may have used some other translation. According to Ali the main border is ch. II, v. 255, the inner guard band ch. VII, vv. 204-206. According to trannnsslation in the files (source unknown), the verses of ch. XIII on the border of the niche are 15-17 instead of 16 and 17. (HMcA 18 Ju 36)
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp229989.jpg) |
Silk Animal Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- second half 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 94 7/8 in. (241 cm) W. 70 1/16 in. (178 cm)
- Mount: L. 103 1/4 in. (262.3 cm) W. 78 in. (198.1 cm) D. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Wt. 206 lbs. (93.4 kg)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Accession Number:
- 14.40.721
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![silk Kashan carpet silk Kashan carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/tp327.jpg) |
Silk 'Kashan' Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 98 1/16 in. (249 cm) W. 67 5/16 in. (171 cm) Mount:
- H. 106 1/2 in. (270.5 cm) W. 75 1/4 in. (191.1 cm) D. 3 in. (7.6 cm)
- Object not yet weighed. Test lifted, Estimated weight 200lbs.
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Douglas M. Moffat, 1958
- Accession Number:
- 58.46
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![silk Kashan carpet silk Kashan carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp227051.jpg) |
Kashan Silk Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 96 in. (243.8 cm) W. 65 in. (165.1 cm) Mount:
- L. 101 3/4 in. (258.4 cm) W. 72 1/2 in. (184.2 cm) D. 3 in.
- (7.6 cm) Estimated weight: 200 lbs.
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Accession Number:
- 14.40.724
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![Kashan Carpet Kashan Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp239788.jpg) | - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- second half 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft, and pile), metal wrapped thread;
- asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Mount Dimensions: L. 105 1/2 in. (268 cm) W. 76 1/2 in. (194.3 cm)
- Weight in mount: 555 lbs (251.7 kg)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Accession Number:
- 14.40.715
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![Safavid silk Carpet Safavid silk Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/155393.jpg)
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Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk
- Dimensions:
- 109 in. high 62.50 in. wide (276.86 cm high 158.75 cm wide)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Byron C. Foy, 1952
- Accession Number:
- 52.136.2
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/sc68575.jpg) | - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- first half 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium:
- Silk, metal-wrapped thread; tapestry weave
- Dimensions:
- H: 93 in. (236.2 cm) W: 57 in. (144.8 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1931
- Accession Number:
- 31.70
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![Kashan Carpet Kashan Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-43.84.jpg) | Carpet- Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- late 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium:
- Silk, metal wrapped thread; tapestry weave
- Dimensions:
- H: 84 1/2 in. (214.6 cm) W: 58 1/2 in. (148.6 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1943
- Accession Number:
- 43.84
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/151825.jpg) | Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- first half 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kashan
- Medium:
- Silk, metal wrapped thread; tapestry weave
- Dimensions:
- L. 91 x W. 55 in. (231.14 x 139.7 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1951
- Accession Number:
- 51.197
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![Persian Carpet Persian Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp169947.jpg) | Carpet - Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft, and pile), metal wrapped thread;
- asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 91 1/2 in. (23.4 cm) W. 68 in. (172.7 cm)
- Tube: Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) W. 82 in. (208.3 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of C. Ruxton Love Jr., 1967
- Accession Number:
- 67.2.2
- This silk carpet combines an unusually dense weave for a
- Persian carpet, with a composition inspired by Flemish tapestry.
- While the pictorial scene can be traced to seventeenth-century
- Europe, the technique and execution point to the Safavid court
- as the source of patronage and production. It is possible that
- such carpets were woven in Iran for export or intended as
- diplomatic gifts. The smaller scale of the buildings suggests the
- influence of European perspective. The border compartments,
- whose arrangement is also repeated symmetrically, show figures
- in European dress, flower vases, and reclining deer.
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp217887.jpg) |
The Czartoryski Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Isfahan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 191 1/2 in. (486.4 cm) W. 85 5/8 in. (217.5 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by exchange, 1945
- Accession Number:
- 45.106
- Prince Wladyslaw Czartoryski, Krakow, Poland (in 1878); [ Mr. Larcade , Paris, until 1927; sold to Rockefeller]; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , New York (1927–45)
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp169795.jpg) |
Polonaise technique - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- first half 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Isfahan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 160 5/8 in. (408 cm) W. 68 1/2 in. (174 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950
- Accession Number:
- 50.190.3
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-56.185.4.jpg) | Polonaise technique - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Isfahan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), silk (weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 113 in. (287 cm) W. 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956
- Accession Number:
- 56.185.4
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp168759.jpg) |
Polonaise Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, Isfahan or Kashan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 160 in. (406.4 cm) W. 69 5/8 in. (176.8 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950
- Accession Number:
- 50.190.1
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp169900.jpg) | Polonaise technique - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Isfahan or Kashan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 164 in. (416.6 cm) W. 70 1/4 in. (178.4 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950
- Accession Number:
- 50.190.2
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp220849.jpg) |
Polonaise technique - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Isfahan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 158 in. (401.3 cm) W. 70 in. (177.8 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950
- Accession Number:
- 50.190.4
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp168414.jpg) |
The 'Doria' Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft, and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 158 in. (401.3 cm) W. 69.5 in. (176.5 cm) Tube: Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm) W. 84 in. (213.4 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950
- Accession Number:
- 50.190.5
- This carpet is one of a pair; its counterpart is in the Carpet Museum in Tehran. The field pattern of both carpets is identical, and a balanced design is achieved when the two carpets are placed end-to-end. Both carpets are examples of the "Polonaise" type, so called for a nineteenth-century misattribution of this type of carpet to Poland rather than Iran. This group, distinguished by a silk pile and metallic brocading, is now known to have been made during and after the reign of Shah 'Abbas I in workshops in Isfahan, Yazd, and Kashan.
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/155392.jpg) |
Polonaise technique - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk, metal thread
- Dimensions:
- L. 81 x W. 55 in. (205.74 x 139.7 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Byron C. Foy, 1952
- Accession Number:
- 52.136.1
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/sc152667.jpg) |
"Polonaise" - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
- Dimensions:
- H. 104 in. (264.2 cm) W: 58 in. (147.3 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Accession Number:
- 14.40.716
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![Polonaise Carpet Polonaise Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/ert511.jpg) |
Rug - Date:
- 17th century
- Culture:
- Persian (Isfahan, possibly)
- Medium:
- Foundation: cotton; supplementary weft: metallic thread; pile: silk, Sehna knot
- Dimensions:
- No dimensions recorded.
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982
- Accession Number:
- 1982.60.79
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp169075.jpg) |
Floral Arabesque Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- probably Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 187 in. (475 cm) W. 80 3/4 in. (205.1 cm) Wt. 41lbs. (18.6 kg) with 6" tube
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1969
- Accession Number:
- 69.244
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-17.120.143.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Silk (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 79.25 x W. 72.50 in. (201.3 x 184.2 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
- Accession Number:
- 17.120.143
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp220777.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Textile: L. 164 in. (416.6 cm) W. 71 in. (180.3 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
- Accession Number:
- 14.40.711
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-53.214.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 97.5 x W. 56.25 in. (247.65 x 142.87 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Ralph Dudley, 1953
- Accession Number:
- 53.214
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/4563.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), Wool (weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 75 (190.5 cm) W. 50 in. (127 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1908
- Accession Number:
- 08.173.12
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-17.120.141.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 78.5 in. (199.4 cm) W. 55.5 in. (141 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
- Accession Number:
- 17.120.141
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-22.100.77aa.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- late 16th–early 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 115.25 in. (292.7 cm) W. 77.5 in. (196.8 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
- Accession Number:
- 22.100.77
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![Prayer rug Prayer rug](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-22.100.72e.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran or India
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- H: 91 in. (231.1 cm) W: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
- Accession Number:
- 22.100.72
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp105391.jpg)
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Vase Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kirman
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 81 1/2 in. (207 cm) W. 56 in. (142.2 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1970
- Accession Number:
- 1970.302.2
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![Sasavid Carpet fragment Safavid Carpet fragment](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp168703.jpg)
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Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines - Object Name:
- Fragment
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kirman
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 54 1/8 in. (137.5 cm) W. 53 5/8 in. (136.2 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1970
- Accession Number:
- 1970.302.5
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-59.75.jpg)
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Carpet - Date:
- early 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kirman
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 241 in. (612.1 cm) W. 98 1/4 in. (249.6 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1959
- Accession Number:
- 59.75
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/36665.jpg)
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Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, possibly Herat
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 81.62 x W. 61.5 in. (207.3 x 156.2 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
- Accession Number:
- 17.120.142
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![vase carpet vase carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/wb-22.100.68.jpg)
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Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Isfahan or Kerman
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- H: 143 3/4 in. (365.1 cm) W: 86 1/2 in. (219.7 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
- Accession Number:
- 22.100.68
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![vase carpet vase carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp219757.jpg)
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Vase Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- late 16th –early 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, Isfahan or Kirman
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 325 1/2 in. (826.8 cm) W. 115 in. (292.1 cm) Tube: W. 143 1/2 in. (364.5 cm) Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1943
- Accession Number:
- 43.121.2
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dt210451.jpg)
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Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Kirman or Isfahan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 189 in. (480.1 cm) W. 127 in. (322.6 cm) Tube: L. 140 in. (355.6 cm) Diam. 20 in. (50.8 cm) Wt. 75 lbs. (34 kg) (Carpet weighed with 120 lb. tube at 195 lbs.)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956
- Accession Number:
- 56.185.1
- The tightly controlled pattern of compartments is formed by overlapping cartouches, which are exceptionally varied in coloring and adorned with finely drawn palmettes growing from a vine system. In its floral forms, technical structure, and rich color scheme, this carpet is related to the so-called Vase carpets, believed to have been made in Kirman in southern Iran. Its unusual design of cartouches, however, is also found in two "Polonaise" silk carpets that have been attributed to central Iran.
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp169889.jpg) |
"Portuguese" Carpet with Maritime Scenes - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Northeastern Iran, Khurasan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp, weft, and pile); wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Carpet: L. 161 3/4 in. (410.8 cm) W. 70 5/8 in. (179.4 cm) Wt. 44 lbs. (29.5) with 8" tube Left side of the Carpet: L. 161 in. (408.9 cm) Right side of the carpet: L. 158 3/4 in. (403.2 cm) Top of the Carpet: W. 68 in. (172.7 cm) Bottom of the carpet: W. 70 1/2 in. (179.1 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Fletcher Fund, 1944
- Accession Number:
- 44.63.6
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![Safavid Herat Carpet Safavid Herat Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp168782.jpg) | Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- mid-16th–early 17th century
- Geography:
- present-day Afghanistan, Herat
- Medium:
- Silk (warp), cotton (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 99 3/4 in. (253.4 cm) W. 70 in. (177.8 cm) W. of top edge: 68 5/8 in. (174.3 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917
- Accession Number:
- 17.120.127
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/sc40567.jpg) | Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 17th century
- Geography:
- Iran, probably Herat
- Medium:
- Silk (warp) cotton (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- H. 91 1/8 in. (231.4 cm) W: 68 in. (172.7 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910
- Accession Number:
- 10.61.1
- [ Vincent Robinson & Co. , London, in 1892]; Charles Tyson Yerkes , New York (until d. 1905; his estate 1905–10; sold to MMA)
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![Herat Fragment Herat Fragment](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp17819.jpg) | Fragment - Object Name:
- Fragment
- Date:
- ca. 1600
- Geography:
- present-day Afghanistan, Herat
- Medium:
- Silk (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- H: 11 in. (27.9 cm) W: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Rogers Fund, 1919
- Accession Number:
- 19.81.1
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![Khorosan Fragment Khorosan Fragment](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp230000.jpg) | Khurasan Carpet Fragment - Object Name:
- Fragment
- Date:
- second half 16th century
- Geography:
- Northeastern Iran, Khurasan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: L. 108 11/16 in. (276 cm) W. 31 1/8 in. (79 cm) Mount: L. 112 1/4 in. (285.1 cm) W. 34 5/8 in. (87.9 cm) D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Wt. 121 lbs. (54.9 kg)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Fletcher Fund, 1991
- Accession Number:
- 1991.154
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![Safavid Carpet Safavid Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/tp330a.jpg) | Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- late 16th century
- Geography:
- Iran
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- H: 288 3/4 in. (733.4 cm) W: 120 1/8 in (305.1 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1959
- Accession Number:
- 59.59
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and some post-classical pieces... |
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![Northwest Persian Garden Carpet Northwest Persian Garden Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp221151.jpg) |
Garden Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- ca. 1800
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran or Kurdistan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); symmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Rug: H. 223 in. (566.4 cm) W. 95 1/2 in. (242.6 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William R. Pickering, 1967
- Accession Number:
- 67.156
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![Northwest Persian Garden Carpet Northwest Persian Garden Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dp217878.jpg) |
Persian Garden Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- second half 18th century
- Geography:
- Iran, Kurdistan
- Medium:
- Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- Carpet: L. of left edge: 122in. (309.9cm) L. of center edge: 121 1/2in. (308.6cm) L. of right edge: 123 1/2in. (313.7cm) W. of top: 75in. (190.5cm) W. of bottom: 73 1/4in. (186.1cm) Tube: Diam. 9 in. W. 95 1/4 in.
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
- Accession Number:
- 22.100.128
- Representations of Persian gardens in carpets combine a bird’s-eye view of the classic four-part garden (chahar bagh) with a profile of birds and trees. The oldest and most refined example, which served as the prototype for weavers in Kurdistan, is dated 1622–32 and is currently in the Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur, India. In contrast, this carpet is highly stylized and the proportions between the main water channels and the surrounding gardens are less sophisticated.
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![Northwest Persian Garden Carpet Northwest Persian Garden Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/sc40762.jpg) |
Fragment of a Garden Carpet - Object Name:
- Fragment
- Date:
- 18th century
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran or Kurdistan
- Medium:
- Wool (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 109 in. (276.9 cm) W. 170 in. (431.8 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Accession Number:
- 30.95.150
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![Northwest Persian Carpet Northwest Persian Carpet](http://rugrabbit.com/sites/default/files/dt5458.jpg) |
Carpet - Object Name:
- Carpet
- Date:
- 19th century
- Geography:
- Northwestern Iran or Caucasus
- Medium:
- Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions:
- L. 154 in. (391.2 cm) W. 74 in. (188 cm)
- Classification:
- Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1971
- Accession Number:
- 1971.263.7
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