The Met Museum Full Collectio On Islamic Carpet

The seley carpet the seley carpet exhibits a superbly balanced and beautiful example of a classical persian medallion design.

The met museum full collectio on islamic carpet. Carpet in this rug we have the 16th century ancestor of the isfahans of the 17th and 18th centuries frequently incorrectly dated into the 16th century. Our mouserug is based on a carpet within the museum s collection probably from iran during the seventeenth century. Open access at the met stay up to date on the museum s open access initiative which makes more than 406 000 images of public domain artworks from the met collection available for free and unrestricted use. Within the islamic world especially fine specimens were collected in royal households.

The museum s collection includes some of the finest islamic carpets in existence. Star ushak carpet of the many surviving fifeenth and sixteenth century carpets with the so called star pattern woven in the western anatolian district of ushak in turkish uşak this example from the mcmullan collection is widely acknowledged to be the preeminent masterpiece because of its large size good condition and excellent draftsmanship and execution. The simonetti carpet is commonly called a five color mamluk. Its more than 15 000 objects reflect the great diversity and range of the cultural traditions of islam with works from as far westward as spain and morocco and as far eastward as central asia and indonesia.

Included in the chicago exhibition of 1926 cat. Our description follows largely his masterful analysis. Nylon surface with rubber base. 43 121 1 but is slightly later in date.

The seley employs somewhat humbler materials both carpets have silk warps but it has wefts of cotton and wool instead of silk as in the emperor s and is less. It belongs to the same group as the emperor s carpet no. The met s collection of islamic art ranges in date from the seventh to the twenty first century. 1800 flatwoven floor coverings representing a vibrant village and nomadic tradition were produced in a wide swathe of the islamic world from iran the caucasus and anatolia to central asia.

The simonetti carpet the conventional practice of naming islamic carpets either after the place they were found niğde carpet or after a previous owner anhalt carpet in this case memoralizes the former italian owner of this magnificent example of fifteenth century cairene weaving under the burji mamluk dynasty 1382 1517. No 14 it has been described in detail by arthur u. In iran the carpet and textile industries formed part of shah abbas r.