Silk Animal Carpet

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: second half 16th century
Medium: Silk (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: Rug: L. 94 7/8 in. (241 cm) W. 70 1/16 in. (178 cm) Mount: L. 103 1/4 in. (262.3 cm) W. 78 in. (198.1 cm) D. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Wt. 206 lbs. (93.4 kg)
Origin: Iran
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Roman Brick Earth · Brown family · #7B3531 · 23%

Golden Bole · Yellow family · #BB9760 · 18%

Sooted Timber · Brown family · #552917 · 12%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A77B49 · 12%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #203531 · 8%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #8A7440 · 7%

Oiled Oak · Brown family · #855D2E · 5%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #CFB175 · 5%

Iron Gall Black · Black family · #101E16 · 3%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #71513E · 2%

Slate Night · Black family · #222B36 · 2%

Pine Needle · Green family · #4C553F · 1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #605546 · 1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #9A2A32 · <1%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #56846F · <1%

Duck Egg Slip · Teal family · #6DCDBD · <1%

Iron Rosette · Red family · #77011B · <1%

Lavender Ash · Purple family · #9693BF · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913

11 tags

Animals Both · 99%

The catalog lists animals, birds, dragons, deer, lions, rams, and tigers as subjects, while the image visibly shows numerous quadrupeds, birds, and fantastical animal forms across the field and borders.
Flora Both · 99%

Flowers are listed among the cataloged subjects, and the image visibly contains abundant blossoms, leaves, and branching vegetal forms.

Patterns Visual · 99%

Repeated blossoms, leaves, birds, animals, and scrolling vegetal forms organize the central field and multiple borders as an ornamental pattern system.
Dense Composition Visual · 99%

The central field and surrounding borders are densely populated with small-scale floral, vegetal, avian, and animal motifs.
Highly Detailed Visual · 98%

The image shows intricate animal silhouettes, floral details, nested borders, and numerous finely articulated decorative elements.
Balance Visual · 94%

A centered rectangular field, repeated border bands, and balanced placement of motifs produce a strong sense of visual equilibrium.

16th Century Art Metadata · 84%

The catalog's date display identifies the work as from the second half of the 16th century, although the supplied numeric range is 1650–1699.

Iranian Art Metadata · 99%

The canonical record specifies Iran as the place of origin.

Natural Fibers Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies silk in the warp, weft, and pile; silk is a natural fiber. The fiber and knotting structure cannot be verified from the image alone.

Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 88%

The work is held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Islamic Art department and is cataloged as an Iranian silk carpet, supporting this broad cultural-art historical classification.

Rug Both · 99%

The canonical record classifies the work as a carpet in Textiles-Rugs, and the image clearly shows a rectangular woven rug displayed within a mount.

Unknown artist. Silk Animal Carpet. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.