Classical Safavid Persian Carpets in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York


	Carpet with a Compartment Design Object Name: Carpet Date: first half 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 196 in. (497.8 cm) W. 134 in. (340.4 cm) Tube: H. 146 in. (370.8 cm) Weight: 79 lbs. (198 lbs. rolled on tube. tube is 119 lbs. empty) Diam. 20 in. (50.8 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910 Accession Number: 10.61.3 [ Vincent Robinson & Co. , until at least 1882; to Thiem]; Adolph Thiem, Berlin (after 1882–ca. 1895; sold to Yerkes); Charles Tyson Yerkes , New York (until d. 1905; his estate,1905–10; sold to MMA)
	The Anhalt Medallion Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: probably first half 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 317 1/2 in. (806.5 cm) W. 167 in. (424.2 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1946 Accession Number: 46.128 Dukes of Anhalt, Dessau, Germany (after 1683); Sir Joseph Duveen , London (by 1931–d. 1939); [ Duveen Brothers, London , by 1940]; Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York (until 1946)
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 140 in. (355.6 cm) W. 71 1/4 in. (181 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910 Accession Number: 10.61.2
	The Emperor's Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: second half 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 299 in. (759.5 cm) W. 133 1/2 in. (339.1 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943 Accession Number: 43.121.1 One of the finest products of the Safavid court ateliers, this carpet once adorned the summer residence of the Habsburg emperors. The main field balances a sophisticated net of floral scrolls, large composite palmettes, cloud bands, buds, and blossoms with a myriad of real and fictional animals—dragons and Chinese antelope, lion and buffalo, tigers and leopards, ducks and pheasants. A verse found in the inner guard band likens a garden in springtime to the Garden of Paradise.
	Fragment of a Carpet with Cartouche Border Object Name: Fragment Date: late 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 43 in. (109.2 cm) W. 49 in. (124.5 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1970 Accession Number: 1970.302.1
	The Seley Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: late 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp), cotton (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 280 in. (711.2 cm) W. 121 in. (307.3 cm) Tube: L. 157 in. (398.8 cm) Diam. 21 in. (53.3cm) Wt. 86 lbs. (39 kg) (carpet was weighed with 120 lb. tube at 204 lbs.) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Presented in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Gift of Louis E., Theresa S., Hervey, and Elliot Jay Seley, and Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1978 Accession Number: 1978.550 This is one of the finest Persian carpets known, produced at a time when the art of carpet weaving had achieved its greatest heights under the patronage of the Safavid shahs in the sixteenth century. Striking in the harmony of its pattern and color, this carpet combines the medallion scheme adapted from bookbindings with a field composed of a well-planned system of floral forms on scrolling vines and floating cloud bands of Chinese derivation.

	Fragment of a Northwest Persian Medallion Carpet Object Name: Fragment Date: early 16th century Geography: Northwestern Iran Medium: Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 38 1/2 in. (97.8 cm) W. 28 in. (71.1 cm) Mount: L. 45 5/8 in. (115.9 in.) W. 35 1/2 in. (90.2 cm) D. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm) Wt. 32 lbs. (14.5 kg) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922 Accession Number: 22.100.67
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Northwestern Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 487 1/2 in. (1238.3 cm) W. 182 3/4 in. (464.2 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of George Blumenthal, 1941 Accession Number: 41.100.113
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Northern Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 273 in. (693.4 cm) W. 106 1/4 in. (269.9 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.718
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Northwestern Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 338 in. (858.5 cm) W. 128 in. (325.1 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1964 Accession Number: 64.311
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Northwestern Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: H: 230 in. (584.2 cm) W: 94 in. (238.8 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922 Accession Number: 22.100.75
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Northwestern Iran Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: H: 215 in. (546.1 cm) with fringe H: 211 3/4 in. (537.8 cm) without fringe W: 102 3/4 in. (261 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922 Accession Number: 22.100.74
	Tree design Object Name: Carpet Date: ca. 1700 Geography: Northwestern Iran or Kurdistan Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 262 in. (665.5 cm) W. 92 3/4 in. (235.6 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1960 Accession Number: 60.32

	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrical knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 168 in. (426.7 cm) W. 79 in. (200.7 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of George F. Baker, 1932 Accession Number: 32.16

	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp and weft) Wool (pile) metal wrapped thread; asymmetricaly knotted thread, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 63 1/2 in. (161.3 cm) W. 43 1/4 in. (109.9 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 Accession Number: 17.120.124 Inscription: Definition: Qur'anic Location: Outer guard band:Qur'an, ch. II, vv. 285, 286 Main border: ch. II, v. 256; Inner guard band, ch.VII, vv.203-5; Border of niche: ch. XIII, vv. 16, 17, ch. LVII, v. 3, ch. LIX, vv. 23, 24; In compartments of spandrels, titles of Allah; In cartouche in niche: Allah is the greaatest, the great. Translation: Inscriptions: (N. Martinovitch, see notes) Outer guard band: Koran, ch. II, vv. 285, 286 Main border: Koran, ch. II, v. 256 Inner guard band: ch. VII, vv. 203-205 Border of niche: ch. XIII, vv. 16, 17, ch. LVII, v. 3, ch. LIX, vv. 23, 24. In compartments of spandrels, titles of Allah. In cartouche in niche: Allah is the greatest, the great. Extracts from Koran 1 a: The prophet believeth in what is sent down unto him, as well as the faithful believe. They all believe in God, in His angels, in His books and in all his prophets; declaring, we make no distinction between any of his prophets. And they say; we have heard and obeyed; we seek thy forgiveness, our Lord! And to Thee, all things shall return. God imposes no task upon any soul but according to its capacity. Extracts from Koran 1 B: It will enjoy the fruit of the good it has done and will bear penalty for evil it has committed. Our Lord! Take us not to task if we forget or commit fault without intention. Our Lord! Place no heavy burden upon us as thou hast put upon those who were before us. Koran II, vv. 285,286 (Ali) Extracts from Koran 2: He is God. There is no God besides Him, the living, the sustaining. No sleep overtakes him, nor does slumber. Unto Him belongeth what is in the heavens and earth. Who can intercede with Him without His permission? He knows whatever lies before them and whatever lies behind them. They cannot compass anything of His knowledge, excepting that which He wisheth. His throne contains the heavens and the earth. He does not grow fatigued in watching over them and He is knowing and wise. Koran II, v. 255 (Ali) Extracts from Koran 3: And if the Koran is read you must listen because it is the word of the Creator. Call upon your God and He will have mercy on you. He will deliver you from your enemies. Do not be like those who sleep, for religion is the principal thing to God, and those who do not kneel and pray will be punished by Him. Koran VII, vv. 204-6. Extracts from Koran 4. He is God, He besides Whom there is no other God. He is the King, the holy, the peace-bestower, the faithful, the glorious, the honorable, the Almighty, the lord of pride. Exalted is God, the Creator, the giver of life, the framer of form. Unto Him belong the most beautiful names. He is the first and the last; the manifest and the hidden; and He knows everything. Koran LIX, vv. 23,24 Extracts from Koran 4b: He is the truth, the clear, the luminous, the praise-worthy, the living, the kingly, the patient, the noble, the chosen, the bestower of bounties and lights of excellence. He is the lord of mercy, lord of power, lord of destiny, lord of compassion. He is the forgiver of sins, bestower of kindness, producer of prosperity and possessor of grandeur and magnificence. Extracts from Koran 5: And unto God pay homage, all that are in the heavens and on earth, willingly and unwillingly, and also do their shadwos, in forenoons and afternoons. Say - "who is the lord of heaven and earth? Say - "God" Say "Have ye then chosen besides Him, as lords, those who possess no power, either to benefit themselves or to guard themselves against harm?"Extract from Koran 6:God is Great. Notes: The verses given by Martinovitch do not correspond exactly with the translation and arrangement of the Qur'an by Maulvi Muhammad Ali. He may have used some other translation. According to Ali the main border is ch. II, v. 255, the inner guard band ch. VII, vv. 204-206. According to trannnsslation in the files (source unknown), the verses of ch. XIII on the border of the niche are 15-17 instead of 16 and 17. (HMcA 18 Ju 36)
	Silk Animal Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: second half 16th century Geography: Iran, probably Kashan 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) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.721
	Silk 'Kashan' Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Iran, probably Kashan 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. Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Douglas M. Moffat, 1958 Accession Number: 58.46
	Kashan Silk Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 16th century Geography: Iran, probably Kashan Medium: Silk (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 96 in. (243.8 cm) W. 65 in. (165.1 cm) Mount: L. 101 3/4 in. (258.4 cm) W. 72 1/2 in. (184.2 cm) D. 3 in. (7.6 cm) Estimated weight: 200 lbs. Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.724

	Object Name: Carpet Date: second half 16th century Geography: Iran, probably Kashan Medium: Silk (warp, weft, and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Mount Dimensions: L. 105 1/2 in. (268 cm) W. 76 1/2 in. (194.3 cm) Weight in mount: 555 lbs (251.7 kg) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.715
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk Dimensions: 109 in. high 62.50 in. wide (276.86 cm high 158.75 cm wide) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Byron C. Foy, 1952 Accession Number: 52.136.2
	Object Name: Carpet Date: first half 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Kashan Medium: Silk, metal-wrapped thread; tapestry weave Dimensions: H: 93 in. (236.2 cm) W: 57 in. (144.8 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1931 Accession Number: 31.70
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: late 16th century Geography: Iran, probably Kashan Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; tapestry weave Dimensions: H: 84 1/2 in. (214.6 cm) W: 58 1/2 in. (148.6 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943 Accession Number: 43.84
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: first half 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Kashan Medium: Silk, metal wrapped thread; tapestry weave Dimensions: L. 91 x W. 55 in. (231.14 x 139.7 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Gift of Horace Havemeyer, 1951 Accession Number: 51.197
	Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp, weft, and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 91 1/2 in. (23.4 cm) W. 68 in. (172.7 cm) Tube: Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm) W. 82 in. (208.3 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of C. Ruxton Love Jr., 1967 Accession Number: 67.2.2 This silk carpet combines an unusually dense weave for a Persian carpet, with a composition inspired by Flemish tapestry. While the pictorial scene can be traced to seventeenth-century Europe, the technique and execution point to the Safavid court as the source of patronage and production. It is possible that such carpets were woven in Iran for export or intended as diplomatic gifts. The smaller scale of the buildings suggests the influence of European perspective. The border compartments, whose arrangement is also repeated symmetrically, show figures in European dress, flower vases, and reclining deer.
	The Czartoryski Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Isfahan Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: H. 191 1/2 in. (486.4 cm) W. 85 5/8 in. (217.5 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by exchange, 1945 Accession Number: 45.106 Prince Wladyslaw Czartoryski, Krakow, Poland (in 1878); [ Mr. Larcade , Paris, until 1927; sold to Rockefeller]; John D. Rockefeller, Jr. , New York (1927–45)
	Polonaise technique Object Name: Carpet Date: first half 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Isfahan Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 160 5/8 in. (408 cm) W. 68 1/2 in. (174 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950 Accession Number: 50.190.3
	Polonaise technique Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Isfahan Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 113 in. (287 cm) W. 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956 Accession Number: 56.185.4
	Polonaise Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, Isfahan or Kashan Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: H. 160 in. (406.4 cm) W. 69 5/8 in. (176.8 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950 Accession Number: 50.190.1
	Polonaise technique Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Isfahan or Kashan Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 164 in. (416.6 cm) W. 70 1/4 in. (178.4 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950 Accession Number: 50.190.2
	Polonaise technique Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Isfahan Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 158 in. (401.3 cm) W. 70 in. (177.8 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950 Accession Number: 50.190.4
	The 'Doria' Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp, weft, and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: Rug: L. 158 in. (401.3 cm) W. 69.5 in. (176.5 cm) Tube: Diam. 3 in. (7.6 cm) W. 84 in. (213.4 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950 Accession Number: 50.190.5 This carpet is one of a pair; its counterpart is in the Carpet Museum in Tehran. The field pattern of both carpets is identical, and a balanced design is achieved when the two carpets are placed end-to-end. Both carpets are examples of the "Polonaise" type, so called for a nineteenth-century misattribution of this type of carpet to Poland rather than Iran. This group, distinguished by a silk pile and metallic brocading, is now known to have been made during and after the reign of Shah 'Abbas I in workshops in Isfahan, Yazd, and Kashan.
	Polonaise technique Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk, metal thread Dimensions: L. 81 x W. 55 in. (205.74 x 139.7 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Byron C. Foy, 1952 Accession Number: 52.136.1
	"Polonaise" Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp, weft and pile), metal-wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded Dimensions: H. 104 in. (264.2 cm) W: 58 in. (147.3 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.716
	Rug Date: 17th century Culture: Persian (Isfahan, possibly) Medium: Foundation: cotton; supplementary weft: metallic thread; pile: silk, Sehna knot Dimensions: No dimensions recorded. Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The Jack and Belle Linsky Collection, 1982 Accession Number: 1982.60.79
	Floral Arabesque Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: probably Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 187 in. (475 cm) W. 80 3/4 in. (205.1 cm) Wt. 41lbs. (18.6 kg) with 6" tube Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1969 Accession Number: 69.244
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Silk (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 79.25 x W. 72.50 in. (201.3 x 184.2 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 Accession Number: 17.120.143
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Textile: L. 164 in. (416.6 cm) W. 71 in. (180.3 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 Accession Number: 14.40.711
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 97.5 x W. 56.25 in. (247.65 x 142.87 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Ralph Dudley, 1953 Accession Number: 53.214
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Cotton (warp), Wool (weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 75 (190.5 cm) W. 50 in. (127 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1908 Accession Number: 08.173.12
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 78.5 in. (199.4 cm) W. 55.5 in. (141 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 Accession Number: 17.120.141
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: late 16th–early 17th century Geography: Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 115.25 in. (292.7 cm) W. 77.5 in. (196.8 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922 Accession Number: 22.100.77
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran or India Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: H: 91 in. (231.1 cm) W: 40 in. (101.6 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922 Accession Number: 22.100.72
	Vase Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Kirman Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 81 1/2 in. (207 cm) W. 56 in. (142.2 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1970 Accession Number: 1970.302.2
	Blue-ground Carpet Fragment with Scrolling Floral Vines Object Name: Fragment Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Kirman Medium: Cotton (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 54 1/8 in. (137.5 cm) W. 53 5/8 in. (136.2 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1970 Accession Number: 1970.302.5
	Carpet Date: early 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Kirman Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 241 in. (612.1 cm) W. 98 1/4 in. (249.6 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Harry Payne Bingham, 1959 Accession Number: 59.75
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, possibly Herat Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 81.62 x W. 61.5 in. (207.3 x 156.2 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 Accession Number: 17.120.142
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Isfahan or Kerman Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: H: 143 3/4 in. (365.1 cm) W: 86 1/2 in. (219.7 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922 Accession Number: 22.100.68
	Vase Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: late 16th –early 17th century Geography: Iran, Isfahan or Kirman Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 325 1/2 in. (826.8 cm) W. 115 in. (292.1 cm) Tube: W. 143 1/2 in. (364.5 cm) Diam. 11 in. (27.9 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943 Accession Number: 43.121.2
	Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Kirman or Isfahan Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 189 in. (480.1 cm) W. 127 in. (322.6 cm) Tube: L. 140 in. (355.6 cm) Diam. 20 in. (50.8 cm) Wt. 75 lbs. (34 kg) (Carpet weighed with 120 lb. tube at 195 lbs.) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956 Accession Number: 56.185.1 The tightly controlled pattern of compartments is formed by overlapping cartouches, which are exceptionally varied in coloring and adorned with finely drawn palmettes growing from a vine system. In its floral forms, technical structure, and rich color scheme, this carpet is related to the so-called Vase carpets, believed to have been made in Kirman in southern Iran. Its unusual design of cartouches, however, is also found in two "Polonaise" silk carpets that have been attributed to central Iran.
	"Portuguese" Carpet with Maritime Scenes Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Northeastern Iran, Khurasan Medium: Cotton (warp, weft, and pile); wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Carpet: L. 161 3/4 in. (410.8 cm) W. 70 5/8 in. (179.4 cm) Wt. 44 lbs. (29.5) with 8" tube Left side of the Carpet: L. 161 in. (408.9 cm) Right side of the carpet: L. 158 3/4 in. (403.2 cm) Top of the Carpet: W. 68 in. (172.7 cm) Bottom of the carpet: W. 70 1/2 in. (179.1 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1944 Accession Number: 44.63.6
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: mid-16th–early 17th century Geography: present-day Afghanistan, Herat Medium: Silk (warp), cotton (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 99 3/4 in. (253.4 cm) W. 70 in. (177.8 cm) W. of top edge: 68 5/8 in. (174.3 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 Accession Number: 17.120.127
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 17th century Geography: Iran, probably Herat Medium: Silk (warp) cotton (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: H. 91 1/8 in. (231.4 cm) W: 68 in. (172.7 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1910 Accession Number: 10.61.1 [ Vincent Robinson & Co. , London, in 1892]; Charles Tyson Yerkes , New York (until d. 1905; his estate 1905–10; sold to MMA)
	Fragment Object Name: Fragment Date: ca. 1600 Geography: present-day Afghanistan, Herat Medium: Silk (warp), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: H: 11 in. (27.9 cm) W: 15 3/4 in. (40 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1919 Accession Number: 19.81.1
	Khurasan Carpet Fragment Object Name: Fragment Date: second half 16th century Geography: Northeastern Iran, Khurasan Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: L. 108 11/16 in. (276 cm) W. 31 1/8 in. (79 cm) Mount: L. 112 1/4 in. (285.1 cm) W. 34 5/8 in. (87.9 cm) D. 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm) Wt. 121 lbs. (54.9 kg) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1991 Accession Number: 1991.154
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: late 16th century Geography: Iran Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: H: 288 3/4 in. (733.4 cm) W: 120 1/8 in (305.1 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1959 Accession Number: 59.59

and some post-classical pieces...
	Garden Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: ca. 1800 Geography: Northwestern Iran or Kurdistan Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); symmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Rug: H. 223 in. (566.4 cm) W. 95 1/2 in. (242.6 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of William R. Pickering, 1967 Accession Number: 67.156
	Persian Garden Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: second half 18th century Geography: Iran, Kurdistan Medium: Cotton (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: Carpet: L. of left edge: 122in. (309.9cm) L. of center edge: 121 1/2in. (308.6cm) L. of right edge: 123 1/2in. (313.7cm) W. of top: 75in. (190.5cm) W. of bottom: 73 1/4in. (186.1cm) Tube: Diam. 9 in. W. 95 1/4 in. Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: The James F. Ballard Collection, Gift of James F. Ballard, 1922 Accession Number: 22.100.128 Representations of Persian gardens in carpets combine a bird’s-eye view of the classic four-part garden (chahar bagh) with a profile of birds and trees. The oldest and most refined example, which served as the prototype for weavers in Kurdistan, is dated 1622–32 and is currently in the Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur, India. In contrast, this carpet is highly stylized and the proportions between the main water channels and the surrounding gardens are less sophisticated.
	Fragment of a Garden Carpet Object Name: Fragment Date: 18th century Geography: Northwestern Iran or Kurdistan Medium: Wool (warp, weft, and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 109 in. (276.9 cm) W. 170 in. (431.8 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915 Accession Number: 30.95.150
	Carpet Object Name: Carpet Date: 19th century Geography: Northwestern Iran or Caucasus Medium: Wool (warp, weft and pile); symmetrically knotted pile Dimensions: L. 154 in. (391.2 cm) W. 74 in. (188 cm) Classification: Textiles-Rugs Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1971 Accession Number: 1971.263.7