Classical Ottoman Carpets from Anatolia in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

  
small pattern Holbein carpet

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
15th–16th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool; symmetrically (?) knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 109 in. x W. 80 in.
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
Accession Number:
2009.458.1
Named after a famous portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger that depicts a similar carpet draped over a table, the pattern of this early Turkish carpet is one of the most fundamental of all carpet designs. Many other carpet patterns are derived from its arrangement of small knotlike medallions and diamond-shaped strapwork. Its interlaced border is related to the kufic border found in many early 'Lotto' carpets. "Holbein" carpets were woven in Anatolia as early as the fourteenth century, and became popular in Europe from the fifteenth century onward.
small pattern Holbein carpet 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
first half 16th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 34 1/4 in. (87 cm) W. 25 3/4 in. (65.4 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Elizabeth S. Ettinghausen, in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, 1984
Accession Number:
1984.503
Star Ushak Carpet 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 114 in. (289.56 cm) W: 57 in. (144.78 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1972
Accession Number:
1972.80.4
Star Ushak Carpet 

'Star Ushak' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
16th–17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 108 in. (274.3 cm) W. 65 5/8 in. (166.7 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number:
08.235

The starlike medallions that give this type of carpet its name were a favored design among commercial weavers of the Ushak district of western Anatolia. The inspiration for the infinitely repeating pattern may have its source in other media, such as architectural tilework. Most Ushak carpets are easily recognizable by their characteristic color palette of rich red, dark blue, and yellow, often highlighted with touches of bright white and fresh green.
Star Ushak Carpet 

'Star Ushak' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 15th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 166 in. (421.6 cm) W. 91 1/2 (232.4 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1958
Accession Number:
58.63
Star Ushak Carpet 

Star Ushak Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
probably 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 1213/4 in. (309.2 cm) W: 71 in. (180.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.110
Star Ushak Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
15th–16th century
Geography:
Turkey, Central Anatolia
Medium:
Wool; symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 93 in. x W. 74 in
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
Accession Number:
2009.458.2
Star Ushak Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
16th–17th century
Geography:
Turkey, Western Anatolia
Medium:
Wool; symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H. 69 in. x W. 46 in.
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
Accession Number:
2009.458.5
 Ottoman Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
early 16th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 86 in. (218.44 cm) W: 51 in. (129..54 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.116
 Lotto Carpet 

'Lotto' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
16th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 85 1/2 in. (217.2 cm) W. 51 1/4 in. (130.2 cm) Wt. 19 lbs. (8.6 kg) with cradle
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number:
08.167.1

Carpets displaying this striking design of stylized vegetal arabesques in yellow on a red ground are often called "Lotto" carpets after a famous altarpiece by Italian Renaissance painter Lorenzo Lotto that depicts a similar carpet. Early examples of Lotto carpets exhibit borders like the one seen here. Thought to derive from a rectilinear form of Arabic script known as kufic, this type of interlaced border is characteristic of many early Turkish carpets.
 Lotto Carpet fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
16th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 13 1/2 in. (34.3 cm) W. 27 in. (68.6 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1972
Accession Number:
1972.80.6
 Lotto Carpet 

Lotto carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 69 1/4 in. (175.9 cm) W. 48 3/4 in. (123.8 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.112
 Lotto Carpet 

'Lotto' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 16th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H. 121 in. (307.3 cm) W. 68 in. (175.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Purchase, The Seley Foundation Inc. and The Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Foundation Inc. Gifts, 1978
Accession Number:
1978.24
 Lotto Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
16th century
Geography:
Turkey, Western Anatolia
Medium:
Wool; symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 50 in. x W. 39 in.
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
Accession Number:
2009.458.6
 Lotto Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
ca. 1700
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 76 15/16 in. (195.5 cm) W: 55 11/16 in. (141.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1972
Accession Number:
1972.80.8
 Lotto Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 60 1/4 in. (153 cm) W: 40 1/2 in. (102.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1972
Accession Number:
1972.80.7
 Lotto Carpet 

Lotto design

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 19th–early 20th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 92 in. (233.7 cm) W. 56 1/4 in. (142.9 cm) Top of rug: W. 55 1/2 in. (141 cm)
Classification:
Reproductions
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1962
Accession Number:
62.231
 Ushak Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Dimensions:
H: 118 in. (299.7 cm) W: 71 in. (180.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1972
Accession Number:
1972.80.10
 Ushak Carpet 

Lotto carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 62 in. (157.5 cm) W. 43 3/4 in. (111.1 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.113
 Ushak Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 126 in. (320 cm) W. 75 in. (190.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Fletcher Fund, 1976
Accession Number:
1976.153
 Anatolian Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 16th–17th century
Geography:
probably Turkey
Medium:
Animal hair (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 126 x W. 49.5 in. (343 x 135 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Foundation, 1990
Accession Number:
1990.169
 Bird Ushak 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
probably late 16th–early 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 78 in. (198.1 cm) W: 51 in. (129.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.54
 Bird Ushak 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
probably late 16th–early 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 170 1/2 in. (433.1 cm) W. 93 5/8 in. (237.8 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1963
Accession Number:
63.207
 Bird Ushak 

Bird carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
probably late 16th–17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: L. 136 1/4 in (346.1 cm) W. 73 1/2 in (186.7 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.127
 
 
 Ushak fragmentUshak fragment 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
16th century
Geography:
Turkey, Western Anatolia
Medium:
Wool; symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 25 in. x W. 10 in.
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
Accession Number:
2009.458.7
 Medallion Ushak Carpet 

Medallion Ushak

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 234 1/2 in. (595.6 cm) W. 132 in. (335.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1908
Accession Number:
08.173.13
 Medallion Ushak Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
first half 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 198 1/4 in. (503.6 cm) W. 103 3/8 in. (262.6 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Donald J. Simons, 1984
Accession Number:
1986.289
 Medallion Ushak Carpet 

Ushak Medallion Carpet on White Ground

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
first half 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 306 in. (777.2 cm) W. 153 1/4 in. (389.3 cm) Tube: L. 179 in. (454.7 cm) Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Caroline and Joseph S. Gruss, 1984
Accession Number:
1984.69
 Ushak Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
18th century
Geography:
Turkey, Ushak
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft, pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 118 in. (299.72 cm) W: 81 in. (205.74)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.117
 Ushak Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
18th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 100 3/16 in. (254.5 cm) W: 68 1/2 in. (174 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1972
Accession Number:
1972.80.11
 Kula Carpet 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
ca. 1800
Geography:
Turkey, Konya
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L: 123 in. (312.4 cm) W: 46 1/2 in. (118.1 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.82
 Ushak Carpet
 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th–18th century
Geography:
Turkey, Western Anatolia
Medium:
Wool; symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 89 in. x W. 70 in.
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Gift from the Collection of Hillary Black Dumas and Dr. D. Gilbert Dumas, 2009
Accession Number:
2009.458.4
 Ottoman 1 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 67 in. (170.18 cm) W: 42 1/2 in. (107.95 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.10
 Ottoman 2 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 60 1/2 in. (153.67 cm) W: 42 in. (106.68 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.11
 Ottoman 3 

Ushak type

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
16th–17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 70 in. (177.8 cm) W: 45 in. (114.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.111
 Ottoman Carpet 

Ushtak Type

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
ca. 1600
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
L. 57.5 (146.05 cm) W. 40.5 in. (102.87 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1907
Accession Number:
07.116
 double key hole prayer rug 

"Bellini" design

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 69 in. (175.26 cm) W: 53 in. (134.62 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.89
 Bellini Prayer Rug 

Bellini carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
16th–17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 61 3/4 in. (156.8 cm) W. 47 3/8 in. (156.8 x 120.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.114
 Bellini Prayer Rug 

'Bellini' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
first half 16th century
Geography:
Turkey, Ushak
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 69 in. (175.3 cm) W. 42 in. (106.7 cm) Mount: L. 75 5/8 in. (192.1 cm) Wt. 95 lbs. (43.1 kg) W. 46 1/2 in. (118.1 cm) D. 2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.109

The significance of the unusual "keyhole" motif in the bottom portion of this and other similar carpets is a source of debate. Some scholars interpret it as representing a mihrab (a niche indicating the direction of Mecca) or a gateway, while others see it as a fountain associated with ablutions performed before prayer. Carpets exhibiting this design have come to be known as "Bellini" carpets, after the Venetian artist Giovanni Bellini (d. 1516), who portrayed such weavings placed under the feet of the Madonna in his paintings.
 Ottoman Prayer Rug
 

Prayer Rug

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
late 16th century
Geography:
Egypt or Turkey
Medium:
Silk, wool
Dimensions:
H: 71 in. (180.34 cm) W: 44 in. (111.76 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.1

 Ottoman Prayer rug coupled columns 

Carpet with Triple-arch Design

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
ca. 1575–90
Geography:
Turkey, probably Istanbul
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)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.51
 Ottoman Prayer rug coupled columns 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th–early 18th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 62 3/4 in. (159.4 cm) W. 46 1/2 in. (118.1 cm) Wt. 16 lbs. (7.3 kg) with cradle
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.18
 Transylvanian Prayer Rug 

'Transylvanian' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
probably 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H. 74 in. (187.96 cm) W. 48 in. (121.92 cm) Wt. 18 lbs. (8.2 kg) with cradle
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.90
Large numbers of western Anatolian carpets such as this one were imported into Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. So many were donated as pious gifts to churches throughout Romania and Hungary that they came to be known as "Transylvanian" carpets. Identifiable by distinctive border designs, their central motif likely is based upon Turkish prayer rugs. They were popular in Europe well into the nineteenth century.
 Transylvanian Prayer Rug 

Transylvanian' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 67 in. (170.2 cm) W. 50 1/4 in. (127.6 cm) Wt. 20 lbs. (9.1 kg) with cradle
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.13
 Transylvanian Prayer Rug 

Transylvanian carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
probably 17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically and asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 64 in. (162.56 cm) W: 48 in. (121.92 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.92
 Transylvanian Rug 

Transylvanian design

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 77 in. .(195.58 cm) W: 54 in. (137.16 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.86
 Transylvanian Rug 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
17th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 69 in. (175.3 cm) W: 49 15/16 in. (126.8 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.14
 Transylvanian Prayer Rug 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
18th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: H. 63 1/2 in. (161.3 cm) W. 47 1/2 in. (120.7 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.15
 Transylvanian Rug 

Transylvanian' Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
probably 18th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H. 65 1/2 in. (166.4 cm) W. 51 in. (129.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922
Accession Number:
22.100.91
 
 
 Turkish Rug 

Carpet

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
18th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 70 1/2 in. (179.1 cm) W: 47 3/4 in. (121.3 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
Accession Number:
1974.149.17
  

 Perhaps pre-Ottoman but worthy of inclusion

Met Animal Carpet

Confronted Animal Rug

Object Name:
Carpet
Date:
14th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft, and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Rug: L. 65 in. (165.1 cm) W. 54 1/2in. (138.4 cm) Tube: L. 62 in. (157.5 cm) Diam. 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, Louis V. Bell Fund and Fletcher, Pfeiffer and Rogers Funds, 1990
Accession Number:
1990.61

  With its highly geometricized design, this wool rug differs markedly from the refined courtly carpets, and represents an earlier tradition of weaving that was popular in Europe, where rugs like this are found in fourteenth- and fifteenth century churches and paintings. In fact, the depiction of a rug with the same design as this in an early fifteenth-century Sienese painting allowed for the dating of this example. This is one of only three complete rugs of such an early date and its design of large confronted animals, each with a smaller animal inside, probably derives from contemporary textiles.

Fred Cagan, Nepal ; [ Lisbet Holmes Textiles, London, until 1990; sold to MMA]

 Fostat Carpet Fragment 

Carpet Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
13th-14th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Textile: H. 10 in. (25.4 cm) W. 7 in. (17.8 cm) Mount: H. 14 1/2 in. (36.8 cm) W. 11 in. (27.9 cm) D. 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession Number:
27.170.89

Provenance

[ Joseph Abemayor, Cairo, until 1927; sold to H. Winlock for MMA]

 Fostat Carpet Fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
14th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 12 in. (30.5 cm) W: 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm) Mount: H: 16 1/2 in. (41.9 cm) W: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1927
Accession Number:
27.170.91
 Fostat Carpet Fragment 

Carpet Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
13th–early 14th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
Mount: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm) W. 9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm) D. 1 7/8 in. (2.5 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Anonymous Gift, 1974
Accession Number:
1974.227

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 460

This fragment, one of the oldest surviving examples of Turkish carpet weaving, is related to a group of early carpets found in mosques of central Anatolia. Originally, the pattern consisted of rows of dark blue hexagons, one of which is still partially visible here.

 Fostat Carpet Fragment 

Fragment

Object Name:
Fragment
Date:
13th–14th century
Geography:
Turkey
Medium:
Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions:
H: 9 in. (22.9 cm) W: 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm)
Classification:
Textiles-Rugs
Credit Line:
Rogers Fund, 1953
Accession Number:
53.124.6
 
 

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