Publication Date
The beginning of the ninth century AH / the beginning of the sixteenth century AD
Publication Place
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Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject
Wool, symmetrical knitting, left drawn, right warp raised per pair, approximately 36Vx31H (36 vertical x 31 horizontal) per dm
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
الطول : 198.12 سم × العرض : 121.92 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
106:1929
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus24;26;ar
Library Location
Saint Louis Art Museum
Date
The beginning of the ninth century AH / the beginning of the sixteenth century AD
Notes
The piece is what is commonly known as a Holbein carpet, and it has a special, dense kufic-like pattern around the border. The red area has a pattern of nine rows of small medallions alternating in white and blue, and woven bands of pink, red, and violet define the white medallions that surround numerous rosettes in octagons in the previous colors. The blue medallions are formed using arabesques in blue and green with intersecting shapes in the previous colors within rhombuses. The carpet is outlined with braided angular bands derived from Kufic script in white, red, blue and green on a violet or red background. The inner and outer bands contain a red, blue, green and purple stripe design on a yellow and partly red background.
Sample Text
“Holbein small pattern carpet with closed Kufsik border” in Discover the Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;26;ar
