Silk Kashan Carpet

Colors in this work

Artist: Unknown artist
Date: 16th century
Medium: Silk (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: Rug: H. 98 1/16 in. (249 cm) W. 67 5/16 in. (171 cm) Mount: H. 106 1/2 in. (270.5 cm) W. 75 1/4 in. (191.1 cm) D. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Object not yet weighed. Test lifted, Estimated weight 200lbs.
Origin: Iran
Department: Islamic Art
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #AD7844 · 27%

Faded Gilt · Yellow family · #C39D60 · 16%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #89522A · 13%

Limestone Honey · Yellow family · #D1B17C · 9%

Terra Sigillata Red · Red family · #B55C56 · 8%

Madder Lake · Red family · #AD3C3F · 5%

Burnt Umber Ground · Brown family · #643E0E · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #9A8766 · 4%

Olive Ground · Yellow family · #8D8149 · 3%

Moss Fresco · Green family · #667053 · 3%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #294558 · 3%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #E3D1B0 · 2%

Blue Spruce Cloth · Teal family · #3B5551 · 2%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #938877 · <1%

Pine Needle · Green family · #1A2E23 · <1%

Lead Blue Veil · Blue family · #637B94 · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #050E1B · <1%

Lavender Ash · Purple family · #ABA6BE · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Gift of Mrs. Douglas M. Moffat, 1958

7 tags

Flora Both · 99%

Flowers and palmettes are listed as catalog subjects, and repeated botanical motifs are clearly visible throughout the field and borders.

Patterns Visual · 99%

The carpet is covered by repeated floral, palmette, and scrolling-stem motifs arranged across the field and nested borders.
Symmetrical Visual · 96%

The ornamental design is organized around a central vertical axis, with corresponding motifs and border elements on either side, although wear and a visible vertical separation interrupt the surface.
Dense Composition Visual · 97%

The main field and surrounding borders are densely populated with botanical motifs, leaving relatively little undecorated ground.

16th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the object to the sixteenth century, within the range 1500–1599.

Rug Both · 99%

The museum classifies the object as a carpet and textiles-rugs work, and the image clearly shows a rectangular woven floor covering with a pile surface.

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