Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms
Details
- Palette
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- Dimensions
- L. 163 3/4 in. (415.9 cm) W. 66 in. (167.6 cm) Diam. of tube 10 in. (25.4 cm) Wt. with tube: 60 lbs. (27.2 kg)
- Origin
- Northern India or Pakistan
- Department
- Islamic Art
- Holding institution
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image provider
- metropolitan-museum-of-art
- License
- CC0-1.0
- Credit
- Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Art Genome Taxonomy
11 tags
Subject Matter
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Flora Both · 99%
Flowers, leaves, and branching vines dominate the central field and surrounding borders, corresponding to the catalog subjects Flowers and Vines.
Visual Qualities
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Arabesque/Scroll Visual · 93%
Repeated curling stems and scrolling vegetal forms organize both the central field and the border ornament.
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Patterns Visual · 99%
Recurring floral units, rosettes, leaves, and border motifs cover the surface in a repeated decorative scheme.
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Symmetrical Visual · 97%
The composition is arranged around a strong vertical axis, with paired floral and foliate motifs producing clear bilateral balance.
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Dense Composition Visual · 98%
Motifs occupy nearly the entire red central field and dark outer borders, leaving relatively little undecorated ground.
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Highly Ornamented Visual · 98%
Nested borders, elaborate blossoms, scrolling vines, and finely varied botanical forms create a richly embellished surface.
Time Periods
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17th Century Art Metadata · 99%
The catalog dates the carpet to circa 1650, placing it within the seventeenth century.
Materials
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Natural Fibers Metadata · 95%
The catalog specifies silk for the warp and weft and pashmina wool for the pile, all natural textile fibers.
Cultural and Religious Styles
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Islamic Art and Architecture Metadata · 84%
The Metropolitan Museum of Art records the work in its Department of Islamic Art and gives its origin as Northern India or Pakistan. This supports an Islamic-art catalog classification without establishing a more specific workshop or regional tradition.
Textiles
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Rug Both · 99%
The museum classifies the object as a carpet, and the image clearly shows an elongated woven floor covering with a pile-like ornamental surface.
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Textile Arts Both · 98%
The work is cataloged under Textiles-Rugs and visibly consists of an intricately patterned textile.
Source & rights
Unknown artist. Carpet with Scrolling Vines and Blossoms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.