Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches
Unknown Artist
17th century
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
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956
Accession Number
56.185.1