Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms

Unknown Artist

ca. 1650

Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms by Unknown Artist

Medium

Silk (warp and weft), pashmina wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile

Dimensions

L. 163 3/4 in. (415.9 cm) W. 66 in. (167.6 cm) Diam. of tube 10 in. (25.4 cm) Wt. with tube: 60 lbs. (27.2 kg)

Classification

Textiles-Rugs

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Accession Number

14.40.725

Tags

FlowersVines

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