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Prayer Rug - Iran - 16th century - MET - Inventory number 17.120.124
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Title |
Prayer Rug - Iran - 16th century - MET - Inventory number 17.120.124 |
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Description |
Textiles ;Rugs ; carpets |
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Date | late 16th century | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetricaly knotted thread (sehna), brocaded | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Rug: L. 63 1/2 in. (161.3 cm) W. 43 1/4 in. (109.9 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q160236 |
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Current location |
Islamic Art, gallery 458 (Carpets for Kings: Six Masterpieces of Iranian Weaving, exhibition March 3–August 27, 2017 ) |
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Accession number |
17.120.124 |
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Place of creation | Iran | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history | Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher, New York (until his d.1917; bequeathed to MMA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Exhibition history |
New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Calligraphy West of China," March 15, 1972–May 7, 1972, no catalogue. Carpets for Kings: Six Masterpieces of Iranian Weaving, exhibition March 3–August 27, 2017, MET |
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Credit line | Mr. and Mrs. Isaac D. Fletcher Collection, Bequest of Isaac D. Fletcher, 1917 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes |
Safavid period This prayer rug or sajjadah, identified by its central niche design, the Qur’anic inscriptions in its border, and the names of God in its spandrels, is consistent with a group of carpets thought to have been a diplomatic gift from the Safavid Shah ‘Abbas I to the Ottoman sultan Murad III (r. 1574-95). Because some of the verses promote a Shiite perspective by referring to the intercession of Shiite imams with God, the group was apparently never used by the Sunni Ottomans. This carpet feature warps in two colors-one of a natural, undyed fiber and the other of a rarely seen intense red-that are arranged in an irregular pattern. Microscopic investigation has revealed remnants of the original selvage, or the woven edge, which is similar to some of those found on the masterpiece Safavid Carpets from the early sixteenth century (copy from : https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446951). Français : Un tapis semblable appartient au Musée du Louvre (numéro d'inventaire : MAO 2234). Une description se trouve dans : Sophie Makariou (dir.), Les Arts de l'Islam au Musée du Louvre, coéditions Musée du Louvre et Hazan, 2012, ISBN 978-2-35031-361-0 etISBN 978-2-75410-619-1, pp. 388-390). |
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References |
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/446951 Dimand, Maurice S. A Handbook of Mohammedan Decorative Arts. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930. p. 240, ill. fig. 147 (b/w). Harari, Ralph, and Richard Ettinghausen. A Survey of Persian Art from Prehistoric Times to the Present, edited by Arthur Upham Pope. Vol. I-VI. London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1938. ill. v. VI, pl. 1167. Dimand, Maurice S. A Handbook of Muhammadan Art. 2nd rev. and enl. ed. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1944. p. 288, ill. fig. 190 (b/w). Dimand, Maurice S., and Jean Mailey. Oriental Rugs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1973. no. 48, pp. 89, 113, ill. fig. 121 (b/w). Berinstain, Valerie. Great Carpets of the World. New York: Vendome Press, 1996. p. 178, ill. pl. 153 (color). Denny, Walter B. "Textiles and Carpets in the Metropolitan Museum's New ALTICALSA Galleries." Arts of Asia 2012 (2012). p. 102, ill. fig. 2 (color). Denny, Walter B. How to Read Islamic Carpets. New Haven and London: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2014. pp. 84-85, ill. figs. 71-72. |
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Source/Photographer | http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/original/DP328898.jpg |
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