The Seley Carpet

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

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

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

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