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Triple arc design rug
(سجادة ذات تصميم قوس ثلاثي)

Title	Triple arc design rug
Title Original	سجادة ذات تصميم قوس ثلاثي
Publication Date:	Late tenth century AH / approximately 1575-90 AD
Publication Place	- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject	Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), cotton (pill), asymmetric knit pile
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	السجادة : الطول : 172.7 سم ،العرض : 127 سم الحامل : الطول : 180.3 سم ، العرض : 136.5 سم ، العمق : 9.2 سم الوزن : 12 رطل /54.4 كغ
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	22.100.51
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus23;11;ar
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	Late tenth century AH / approximately 1575-90 AD
Notes	This carefully woven and highly colorful carpet is among the most beautiful of all Ottoman textiles. It is one of the first carpets to include a triple-arched portal. Its design probably originates from an Ottoman Empire workshop. The lamp hanging in the central arch is reminiscent of Qur’anic verses likening God to the light of a lamp placed in a niche. The depiction of this carpet, its high quality and relatively small size means that it was used as a prayer rug by a member of the elite of the Ottoman court.
Sample Text	"Rug with a triple arc design" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;11;ar

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Triple arc design rug

(سجادة ذات تصميم قوس ثلاثي)

Publication Date Late tenth century AH / approximately 1575-90 AD

Publication Place - Metropolitan Museum of Art

Subject Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), cotton (pill), asymmetric knit pile

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions السجادة : الطول : 172.7 سم ،العرض : 127 سم الحامل : الطول : 180.3 سم ، العرض : 136.5 سم ، العمق : 9.2 سم الوزن : 12 رطل /54.4 كغ

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 22.100.51

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus23;11;ar

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date Late tenth century AH / approximately 1575-90 AD

Notes This carefully woven and highly colorful carpet is among the most beautiful of all Ottoman textiles. It is one of the first carpets to include a triple-arched portal. Its design probably originates from an Ottoman Empire workshop. The lamp hanging in the central arch is reminiscent of Qur’anic verses likening God to the light of a lamp placed in a niche. The depiction of this carpet, its high quality and relatively small size means that it was used as a prayer rug by a member of the elite of the Ottoman court.

Sample Text "Rug with a triple arc design" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;11;ar