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'Polonaise' Carpet

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

'Polonaise' Carpet

Maker not identified

Date
17th century
Medium
Cotton (warp and weft), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded
Dimensions
Rug: L. 158 in. (401.3 cm) W. 70 in. (177.8 cm)
Object type
Carpet
Classification
Textiles-Rugs
Country
Iran
Object number
50.190.4
Credit line
Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1950
Original Met record

The Met object ID 451027. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.