Carpet with Triple-Arch Design

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Artist: Unknown artist
Date: ca. 1575–90
Medium: Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), cotton (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: Rug: L. 68 in. (172.7 cm) W. 50 in. (127 cm) Mount: L. 71 in. (180.3 cm) W. 53 3/4 in. (136.5 cm) D. 3 5/8 in. (9.2 cm) Wt. 120 lbs. (54.4 kg)
Origin: Turkey
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #7A513B · 28%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9F7B5E · 15%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #4E3022 · 13%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #BAA287 · 12%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #635D4C · 9%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #63392A · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #8E684F · 5%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5C5D50 · 4%

Sepia Archive · Brown family · #6A5A4B · 3%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #35352D · 2%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5D544C · 2%

Bitumen Shadow · Black family · #27231A · 1%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #3C423D · <1%

Slate Night · Black family · #2B2C30 · <1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #8E4235 · <1%

Rosewood Wash · Red family · #6A3B3E · <1%

Dusty Ballet Silk · Pink family · #BF8880 · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #C9826A · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922

7 tags

Symmetrical Visual · 99%

The composition is strongly bilateral: the central arch is flanked by corresponding side arches, with mirrored columns, borders, and repeated floral motifs.
Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated rosettes, scrolling stems, leaves, palmette-like forms, and patterned borders cover the surrounding field and frame the architectural panel.
Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%

The carpet presents a densely ornamented surface with multiple borders, floral sprays, architectural detailing, and repeated decorative forms.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the carpet to approximately 1575–90, placing it in the sixteenth century.

Natural Fibers Metadata · 98%

The cataloged medium consists of silk warp and weft, wool pile, and cotton pile; these are natural fibers.

Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 84%

The work is held in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Islamic Art department and is cataloged as originating in Turkey, supporting an Islamic-art contextual classification; the image alone cannot establish a more specific regional style.

Rug Metadata · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art catalogs the work as a carpet in its Textiles-Rugs classification and identifies it as a rug with asymmetrically knotted pile.

Unknown artist. Carpet with Triple-Arch Design. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.