Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: late 16th–early 17th century
Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: Rug: L. 328 in. (833.1 cm) W. 108 in. (274.3 cm) Wt. 132 lbs. (59.9 kg) Storage Tube: L. 132 in. (335.3 cm) Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Origin: present-day Pakistan
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #6A2F27 · 37%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #967152 · 15%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #815840 · 14%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #B08B66 · 7%

Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #7B4637 · 7%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4A3C33 · 6%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #4E4A39 · 5%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #614830 · 3%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #5B3F34 · 3%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #333F37 · 1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #751F25 · 1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #2C2E36 · 1%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #441F18 · <1%

Charred Umber · Black family · #231A13 · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A99AA1 · <1%

Terra Sigillata Red · Red family · #AC5348 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A8B8B3 · <1%

Sandstone Orange · Orange family · #C1794E · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

12 tags

Animals Both · 99%

Birds, ibexes, lions, and tigers are listed among the catalog subjects and are visibly distributed across the central field.
Flora Both · 99%

Flowers and palms are listed in the catalog subjects and are clearly visible among the repeated botanical motifs.

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated botanical, animal, and geometric motifs cover the central field and multiple borders.
Dense Composition Visual · 98%

The central field is densely populated with closely spaced plants, flowers, trees, and animals, leaving little undecorated ground.
Highly Detailed Visual · 97%

The carpet displays extensive fine ornamental detail across the central field and nested borders.
Earth Tones Visual · 93%

Rust red, brown, ocher, muted green, blue, and cream dominate the palette, producing an overall earthy tonal impression.

16th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog dates the carpet to the late sixteenth through early seventeenth century.
17th Century Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog date range extends into the early seventeenth century.

Pakistani Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog gives the place of origin as present-day Pakistan.

Natural Fibers Metadata · 100%

The catalog specifies cotton warp and weft with a wool pile, all natural-fiber materials, made with asymmetrically knotted pile construction.

Rug Metadata · 100%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the object as a carpet in its Textiles-Rugs collection.
Textile Arts Both · 99%

The catalog identifies the work as Textiles-Rugs, and the image clearly shows a patterned pile textile.

Unknown artist. Carpet with Palm Trees, Ibexes, and Birds. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.