Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 455

This fragment of a carpet bears a variety of flowers on winding stems over a blue ground. Its structure, which is composed of two planes of warp threads, indicates that it was probably produced in the city of Kirman in southeastern Iran. Carpets from this city display a wide range of patterns but are alike in construction. Exported to India during the reign of Emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605), Kirman carpets were known to be among the finest produced in Iran during this period.

Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile

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Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines, Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile

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