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Large fragments of the four-part “Ushak” rug
(أجزاء كبيرة من سجادة رباعية الأجزاء أوشاك)

Title	Large fragments of the four-part “Ushak” rug
Title Original	أجزاء كبيرة من سجادة رباعية الأجزاء أوشاك
Publication Date:	Ninth century AH / sixteenth century AD
Publication Place	- Saint Louis Art Museum
Subject	Wool, symmetrical knit, slightly pulled to the left, density approximately 39 vertical x 39 horizontal per decimeter.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الطول : 302.3 سم × العرض : 229.2 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	98:1929
Record ID	object;EPM;us;Mus24;29;ar
Library Location	Saint Louis Art Museum
Date	Ninth century AH / sixteenth century AD
Notes	The piece is a full-pile wool carpet, which is called the oshak design. The bright red area is decorated with a four-part medallion, two half medallions and a small part of another medallion, all in deep blue. In the center and in the lobes of the medallions there are chambers formed by arabesque elements filled with palmettes and leaves. The rest of the area has a complex floral pattern of scrolls bearing leaves and palmettes. Within the borders, the arabesques overlap with the scrolls of the palmettes and the framed bands surround intermittent flowered scrolls. The carpet is asymmetrical as it has been shortened and reshaped from its original borders.
Sample Text	“Large fragments of the four-part carpet “Ushak” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;29;ar

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Large fragments of the four-part “Ushak” rug

(أجزاء كبيرة من سجادة رباعية الأجزاء أوشاك)

Publication Date Ninth century AH / sixteenth century AD

Publication Place - Saint Louis Art Museum

Subject Wool, symmetrical knit, slightly pulled to the left, density approximately 39 vertical x 39 horizontal per decimeter.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الطول : 302.3 سم × العرض : 229.2 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID 98:1929

Record ID object;EPM;us;Mus24;29;ar

Library Location Saint Louis Art Museum

Date Ninth century AH / sixteenth century AD

Notes The piece is a full-pile wool carpet, which is called the oshak design. The bright red area is decorated with a four-part medallion, two half medallions and a small part of another medallion, all in deep blue. In the center and in the lobes of the medallions there are chambers formed by arabesque elements filled with palmettes and leaves. The rest of the area has a complex floral pattern of scrolls bearing leaves and palmettes. Within the borders, the arabesques overlap with the scrolls of the palmettes and the framed bands surround intermittent flowered scrolls. The carpet is asymmetrical as it has been shortened and reshaped from its original borders.

Sample Text “Large fragments of the four-part carpet “Ushak” within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;us;Mus24;29;ar