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Persian Carpet

Figure 55 Indo-Persian Carpet with Medallions, ca. 1680;
artist: Unknown Indo-Persian;
Wool pile on cotton foundation, Length: 11.2 m., Width: 3.7 m.;
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Robert Lehman Collection, 1975, 1975.1.2459 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.

Object/Work🔺

  • Catalog Level:🔺 item (value type: controlled list)
  • Type:🔺 carpet (value type: authority)

Classification🔺

  • Terms:🔺
    decorative arts
    textiles
    Islamic art (value type: controlled list)

Titles or Names🔺

  • Text:🔺 Indo-Persian Carpet with Medallions (value type: free text)
    Preference: preferred (value type: controlled list)
    Type: repository

Creation🔺

  • Creator Description:🔺 unknown Indo-Persian (value type: free text)

  • Identity:🔺 unknown Indo-Persian (_value type: authority)
    Role:🔺 designer

  • Creation Date:🔺 ca. 1680 (value type: free text)
    Earliest: 1675 Latest: 1685 (value type: controlled format)

  • Creation Place/Original Location: Iran (Asia) (value type: free text and/or controlled format)

Style/Period/Group/Movement

  • Indexing Terms: Indo-Persian (value type: authority)

Measurements🔺

  • Dimensions Description:🔺 11.2 m x 3.7 m (value type: free text)

  • Value: 11.2 Unit: m Type: height
    Value: 3.7 Unit: m Type: width (value type: controlled format and controlled lists)

Materials and Techniques🔺

  • Description:🔺 Wood pile on ivory cotton foundation (value type: free text)

  • Material Name:
    ivory
    wool
    cotton
    Technique Name: weaving (value type: authority)

Subject Matter🔺

  • Indexing Terms:🔺
    object (utilitarian)
    medallions
    flowers (value type: authority)

Descriptive Note

  • Text: This large carpet is decorated with an unusual pattern of staggered lobed medallions, interior cloud bands, and an external border of palmettes flanked by forked leaves. It is one of a limited number of Indo-Persian carpets to survive as a pair; its counterpart, though formerly owned by the maharaja of Jaipur, has been held in a private European collection since the 1960s. (value type: free text)

  • Citation: Koeppe, Wolfram, Clare Le Corbeiller, William Rieder, Charles Truman, Suzanne G. Valenstein, and Clare Vincent.The Robert Lehman Collection Decorative Arts, no. XV. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2012. (value type: authority)
    Page: 380-381 (value type: free text)

Current Location🔺

  • Repository Name/Geographic Location:🔺 The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York, United States) (value type: authority)
    Repository Numbers:🔺 1975.1.2459 (value type: free text)

NOTE: 🔺 indicates a core CDWA category.

Revised 24 July 2024
by Emily Benoff

Figure 55 Indo-Persian Carpet with Medallions, ca. 1680;
artist: Unknown Indo-Persian;
Wool pile on cotton foundation, Length: 11.2 m., Width: 3.7 m.;
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, New York), Robert Lehman Collection, 1975, 1975.1.2459 © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved.