Detail View: The AMICA Library: Kashan carpet
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.14.40.721
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Textiles
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Creator Nationality:
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Asian; Middle Eastern; Persian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Iranian
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Title:
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Kashan carpet
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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second half of the 16th century
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Creation Start Date:
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1550
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Creation End Date:
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1599
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Materials and Techniques:
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Pile weave, silk pile on silk foundation, 508 asymmetrical knots per square inch
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Classification Term:
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Rugs
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Dimensions:
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W. 70 1/16 in. (178 cm), L. 94 7/8 in. (241 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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14.40.721
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Credit Line:
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Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
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Rights:
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Context:
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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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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.is14.40.721.R.tif
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