Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches

Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches

Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches. 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.). Date: 17th century. 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.

Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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23.7 x 34.7 cm | 9.3 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)