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'Chessboard' Carpet

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Islamic Art

'Chessboard' Carpet

Maker not identified

Date
late 16th–early 17th century
Medium
Animal hair (warp and pile), wool (weft); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions
Rug: L. 73 1/2 in. (186.7 cm) W. 51 in. (129.5 cm)
Object type
Carpet
Classification
Textiles-Rugs
Country
probably Syria
Object number
69.267
Credit line
Gift of Joseph V. McMullan, 1969
Gallery
460
Original Met record Wikidata

The Met object ID 452067. 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.