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Carpet

Gigazoom • Double-Tap / Pinch

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Textile Arts of the Islamic World

Carpet

Kerman, Persia (present-day Iran)

Created 1601-25

MediumCotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" (Sehna) knots

Dimensions341.4 × 149.1 cm (134 3/4 × 58 3/4 in.)

OriginPersia

InstitutionArt Institute of Chicago

Accession No.49658

Credit LineGift of Lt. Col. William Deering Howe

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Curatorial Affinity Stream

Continuing the Universe of Kerman, Persia (present-day Iran)

Arts of the Islamic World • Persia • Harmonious Works & Contemporaries

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