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Kashan Silk Carpet

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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
Credit Line:: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number:: 14.40.724

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Provenance

J. E. Taylor, London (in 1912); Benjamin Altman, New York (until d. 1913)
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A.D. 1400-1600 (20,684)
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