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Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread

Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread

1600–1625
(1501-1722)
Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded
Overall: 236.2 x 143.5 cm (93 x 56 1/2 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1926.533
Location: not on view

Did You Know?

16th- and 17th-century Iranian carpets with silk and metal thread were mistakenly called "Polish," based on one displayed in the Polish exhibit at the Paris World Fair in 1878.

Description

The Safavid dynasty was the greatest dynasty from Iran in the Islamic period. Similarly, woven textiles and carpets from this period are some of the best produced in the region. Royal workshops produced luxurious textiles, like this one, to furnish the royal court. Expertly woven silks were highly prized by the Iranian elite but were also produced for export to the European aristocracy.
  • formerly in Chorherrenstift Voran, Austria
    ?-1926
    (Mario Veneziani, Rome, Italy, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
    1926-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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    Islamic Art Across the World: An Exhibition Prepared by Theodore Bowie in Partial Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Indiana University. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (June 18-October 1, 1970).
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