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   Textile, Wool, West Asia
Works of Art (17)
Animal carpet, 14th century, Probably Turkey, Pile weave, wool pile on wool foundation, 85 symmetrical knots per square inch (1990.61)  
 
Carpet with pictorial design, late 16th–early 17th century; Mughal, Pakistan (Lahore), Wool pile on cotton foundation (17.190.858)  
 
Carpet, early 16th century; Safavid, Iran, Wool pile on silk foundation (10.61.3)  
 
Carpet, first half of 17th century; Ottoman, Ushak, Anatolia, Wool warp and weft, wool pile (58.63)  
 
Carpet, late 18th century, Caucasus, Turkey, Woolen warp, weft, and pile (1970.302.10) 
 
Dragon Carpet, 19th century, Caucasus region, Wool, cotton; plain weave with supplementary-weft embroidery (Soumak) (1971.263.5) 
 
Ensemble, late 19th–early 20th century, Palestinian, Silk, wool, metallic thread (C.I.39.91.14a—f) 
 
Fragments of a carpet (detail), ca. 1650; Mughal, Northern India, Kashmir or Lahore, Pashmina wool and silk; pile weave, pashmina wool pile on silk foundatio (14.40.723)  
 
Garden carpet, ca. 1800, Iran, Cotton warp and weft, wool pile (67.156) 
 
Hanging, 19th century, Iran (Rasht), Wool (10.33.1) 
 
Khorasan-type carpet fragment, late 16th or early 17th century; Safavid, Iran, Cotton and silk (foundation), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile (2001.54)  
 
Kilim, 1774, Ladik, Turkey, Wool, metal thread (62.156) 
 
Medallion rug with a field of flowers, 17th century; Safavid, Probably Kirman, Iran, Wool pile on cotton, wool, and silk foundation (1970.302.2) 
 
Medallion Ushak carpet, first half of 17th century; Ottoman, Western Anatolia, Ushak region, Wool, about 90 symmetrical knots per square inch (1984.69) 
 
Rug, 18th century, Caucasus, Wool (22.100.118) 
 
Rug, 19th century; Ottoman, Western Anatolia, Wool warp, weft, and pile; Gördes (Anatolian) knot, about 42 knots per square inch (1974.149.29) 
 
Woven Tapestry Fragment, 8th century; Umayyad, Iran or Iraq, Wool (50.83)  
 
Thematic Essays (1)