Carpet
| Title | Carpet |
|---|---|
| Artist | Central Iran or Kashan |
| Date | 1601-25 17th century |
| Medium | Cotton, silk, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile ghrough a technique known as "Persian (Sehna) knots;" edged with silk, cotton, and gil-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven and card woven fringe |
| Classification | weaving - carpet |
| Origin | Iran Iran |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Gift of Mrs. Chauncey McCormick and Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Carpet” is a work by Central Iran or Kashan, dated 1601-25. It is executed in cotton, silk, and gilt-and-silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave variation with supplementary brocading wefts and supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile ghrough a technique known as "persian (sehna) knots;" edged with silk, cotton, and gil-metal-strip-wrapped silk, woven and card woven fringe and classified as weaving - carpet. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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