Works of Art (7)
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The "Seley" Carpet, late 16th century, Probably Herat (present-day Afghanistan),
Wool warp, cotton weft, wool pile, asymmetrically knotted pile (1978.550) |
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Dragon Carpet, 19th century, Caucasus region, Wool, cotton; plain weave with supplementary-weft embroidery (Soumak) (1971.263.5) |
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Embroidered length, early 19th century, Turkey, Cotton, silk, silver metal thread (79.1.275) |
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Garden carpet, ca. 1800, Iran, Cotton warp and weft, wool pile (67.156) |
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Khorasan-type carpet fragment, late 16th or early 17th century; Safavid,
Iran,
Cotton and silk (foundation), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile (2001.54) |
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Textile fragment, late 10th century; cAbbasid, Probably Iraq, Cotton, plain weave with painted inscription (31.106.32) |
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Tiraz fragment from a shawl, 10th century, Yemen, Cotton, ink, gold leaf; plain weave with painted decoration (29.179.9) |
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Thematic Essays (2)
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