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Safavid rug with animals and spiral threads
(سجادة صفوية ذات حيوانات وخيوط حلزونية)

Title	Safavid rug with animals and spiral threads
Title Original	سجادة صفوية ذات حيوانات وخيوط حلزونية
Publication Date:	Hijri 940 - 980 AD / mid-sixteenth century
Publication Place	- Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Subject	Warp: silk, weft: cotton and wool, asymmetrical knitting
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	1967.123 : الارتفاع : 600 سم ، العرض : 250 سم ،2011 .556 : الارتفاع : 312 سم ، العرض : 18 سم ، كثافة العقد تقريبا 4200 / 10 سم مربع
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	1967.123/ 2011.556
Record ID	object;EPM;de;Mus21;19;ar
Library Location	Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)
Date	Hijri 940 - 980 AD / mid-sixteenth century
Notes	This Safavid rug is decorated with floral motifs and hunting scenes. Parts of the central section and borders are missing. The multiple flowers, buds and leaves are intertwined to form a decorative pattern on a dark background, and the center of the carpet is crossed in a bilateral manner by a line of palmetto flowers. Different animals can be identified among the floral pattern: a lion leaping towards a speckled bull, a leopard hunting an ola, three lone tigers, the mythical creature the unicorn, and in the center of the carpet a pair of leaping gazelles being chased by tigers. Bands of clouds originating from Chinese mythology fill the space between the animals and floral motifs. The overall model is symmetrical, with a row of palm flowers forming the axis of the two opposite halves. The dark green outer border is also decorated with flowers. The shapes of this carpet resemble the design of Safavid books and are reminiscent of paradise gardens.
Sample Text	“Safavid Carpet with Animals and Spiral Threads” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;de;Mus21;19;ar

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Safavid rug with animals and spiral threads

(سجادة صفوية ذات حيوانات وخيوط حلزونية)

Publication Date Hijri 940 - 980 AD / mid-sixteenth century

Publication Place - Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)

Subject Warp: silk, weft: cotton and wool, asymmetrical knitting

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions 1967.123 : الارتفاع : 600 سم ، العرض : 250 سم ،2011 .556 : الارتفاع : 312 سم ، العرض : 18 سم ، كثافة العقد تقريبا 4200 / 10 سم مربع

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 1967.123/ 2011.556

Record ID object;EPM;de;Mus21;19;ar

Library Location Museum of Arts and Crafts (MKG)

Date Hijri 940 - 980 AD / mid-sixteenth century

Notes This Safavid rug is decorated with floral motifs and hunting scenes. Parts of the central section and borders are missing. The multiple flowers, buds and leaves are intertwined to form a decorative pattern on a dark background, and the center of the carpet is crossed in a bilateral manner by a line of palmetto flowers. Different animals can be identified among the floral pattern: a lion leaping towards a speckled bull, a leopard hunting an ola, three lone tigers, the mythical creature the unicorn, and in the center of the carpet a pair of leaping gazelles being chased by tigers. Bands of clouds originating from Chinese mythology fill the space between the animals and floral motifs. The overall model is symmetrical, with a row of palm flowers forming the axis of the two opposite halves. The dark green outer border is also decorated with flowers. The shapes of this carpet resemble the design of Safavid books and are reminiscent of paradise gardens.

Sample Text “Safavid Carpet with Animals and Spiral Threads” within Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;de;Mus21;19;ar