Bedding Bag

Not on view

Shahsevan bedding bags, previously misidentified as children’s cradles, represent the durable, lightweight nomadic equivalent of a steamer trunk, intended for blankets, quilts, and other bedding.

These boxlike bags are composed of four decorated panels, usually with sumak extra-weft wrapping and a weft-faced plain-weave bottom. The field design seen here features a central band of connected white hexagons alternating with blue half hexagons. The red cruciform motif on the white cotton ground in the hexagons contributes to the bag’s striking appearance. Yellow guard stripes with stylized tendrils separate the main band from the upper and lower secondary bands of stylized clouds in the form of an octagonal cross.

Bedding Bag, Wool (warp, ground weft, and sumak weft), cotton (white sumak weft), and goat(?) hair (loops); sumak extra-weft wrapping (sides); weft-faced plain weave (bottom and sides)

Due to rights restrictions, this image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Open Access

As part of the Met's Open Access policy, you can freely copy, modify and distribute this image, even for commercial purposes.

API

Public domain data for this object can also be accessed using the Met's Open Access API.

Bedding Bag, Wool (warp, ground weft, and sumak weft), cotton (white sumak weft), and goat(?) hair (loops); sumak extra-weft wrapping (sides); weft-faced plain weave (bottom and sides)
Bedding Bag, Wool (warp, ground weft, and sumak weft), cotton (white sumak weft), and goat(?) hair (loops); sumak extra-weft wrapping (sides); weft-faced plain weave (bottom and sides)

This artwork is meant to be viewed from right to left. Scroll left to view more.