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Carpet

1700-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Iran (made)
Khurasan (made)

'Herat' design on cream ground


Object details

Category
Textiles
Object type
Carpet
Materials and techniques
Asymmetric knot, wool pile, cotton foundation.
Cotton
Wool
Knotted Pile
Brief description
Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, 'Herat' design on cream ground, possibly Khurasan, Iran, 1700-1800
Physical description
'Herat' design on cream ground
Dimensions
  • Weight: 12kg
  • Length: 351cm (maximum)
  • Width: 176cm (maximum)
  • Height: 5mm (Pile height)
Bibliographic references
  • Ferrier, R. W. (ed), The Arts of Persia, Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1989. 334p., ill. ISBN 3-8041-801-06230-8 Ch.8, pl. 27
  • Jenny Housego, "18th Century Persian Carpets: Continuity and Change", in Pinner and Denny (eds.), Oriental Carpet and Textile Studies 3/1 (1987) pp.40- 46: figs.2,2a.
Collection
Middle East Section
Accession number
T.65-1927

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Record createdNovember 4, 2003
Record URL
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