Kashan carpet

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

MMA_.14.40.721

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MMA_.14.40.721

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Textiles

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Textiles

Object Type

false

Creator Nationality:

Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian

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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Iranian

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Iranian

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Kashan carpet

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Kashan carpet

Title

false

Title Type:

Object name

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Object name

Title Type

false

View:

Full View

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Full View

View

false

Creation Date:

second half of the 16th century

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second half of the 16th century

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

1550

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1550

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

1599

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1599

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Pile weave, silk pile on silk foundation, 508 asymmetrical knots per square inch

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Pile weave, silk pile on silk foundation, 508 asymmetrical knots per square inch

Materials and Techniques

false

Classification Term:

Rugs

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Rugs

Classification Term

false

Dimensions:

W. 70 1/16 in. (178 cm), L. 94 7/8 in. (241 cm)

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W. 70 1/16 in. (178 cm), L. 94 7/8 in. (241 cm)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

14.40.721

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14.40.721

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

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Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

This silk rug demonstrates the part played by the miniaturist in designing rug cartoons. Neither the symmetry usually associated with carpet designs nor the repeat patterns of textiles is evident here. Animals, including fantastic beasts of Chinese origin, arranged singly or in groups, are pictorially laid out in a landscape of flowering plants. As in most Persian carpets, the animals are engaged in combat-possibly evoking the underlying symbolism of a cosmological order dating back to pre-Islamic times as well as referring to the hunt, a symbol of royal power.

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<P>This silk rug demonstrates the part played by the miniaturist in designing rug cartoons. Neither the symmetry usually associated with carpet designs nor the repeat patterns of textiles is evident here. Animals, including fantastic beasts of Chinese origin, arranged singly or in groups, are pictorially laid out in a landscape of flowering plants. As in most Persian carpets, the animals are engaged in combat-possibly evoking the underlying symbolism of a cosmological order dating back to pre-Islamic times as well as referring to the hunt, a symbol of royal power.</P>

Context

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