Carpet by Central Iran, textile, 1601-1625

Carpet

Central Iran

Year
1601-1625
Medium
Cotton, silk, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile ghrough a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots;" edged with silk, cotton, and gil-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven and card woven fringe
Dimensions
389.5 × 176.2 cm (153 3/8 × 69 3/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago

Cultural & Historical Context

Classification
Textile
Culture
Iran

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