Publication Date
Seventh century AH / fourteenth century AD
Publication Place
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subject
Wool (warp, weft and pile) pile woven asymmetrically
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
سجادة : الطول : 165.1 سم العرض : 138.4 الأنبوب : الطول: 157.5 سم القطر : 15.2 سم
Library
Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID
1990.61
Record ID
object;EPM;us;Mus23;44;ar
Library Location
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date
Seventh century AH / fourteenth century AD
Notes
When this carpet was discovered, its unusual design of animals facing off against smaller animals within it was only known from a carpet depicted in a Sienese painting of around 1410 called The Marriage of the Virgin in the collection of the National Gallery, London. The carpet pattern in the painting is partially obscured by the standing figures, which would not be comprehensive without this example. The purchase of the piece, which was called for in carpet collecting circles, brought one of the first Turkish carpets preserved in the world to the museum, and the design of the area may be derived from medieval tapestries with patterns containing double animals in rooms.
Sample Text
“A carpet with images of animals facing each other” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus23;44;ar
