Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 459

The design of this carpet presents a repeat pattern of octagonal medallions inscribed by a geometric star motif. This type of composition, which has been favored by Turkish carpet weavers since the fifteenth century, derives from the layout of "Holbein" carpets, named after a depiction of a similar work in a famous portrait by the sixteenth–century German painter Hans Holbein the Younger. The bolt geometric design and the contrasting color palette renders this carpet visually impactful.

Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile

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Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Carpet with Repeating Medallion Pattern on Red Background, Wool; (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile

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