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Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches

17th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 462
The tightly controlled pattern of compartments is formed by overlapping cartouches, which are exceptionally varied in coloring and adorned with finely drawn palmettes growing from a vine system. In its floral forms, technical structure, and rich color scheme, this carpet is related to the so-called Vase carpets, believed to have been made in Kirman in southern Iran. Its unusual design of cartouches, however, is also found in two "Polonaise" silk carpets that have been attributed to central Iran.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches
  • Date: 17th century
  • Geography: Made in Iran, probably Kirman or Isfahan
  • Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
  • Dimensions: Rug: L. 189 in. (480.1 cm)
    W. 127 in. (322.6 cm)
    Tube: L. 140 in. (355.6 cm)
    Diam. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
    Wt. 75 lbs. (34 kg) (Carpet weighed with 120 lb. tube at 195 lbs.)
  • Classification: Textiles-Rugs
  • Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956
  • Object Number: 56.185.1
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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