CulturePersian
Titles
- Carpet
Date17th century
Made inIran
MediumWool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions181 × 82 in. (459.7 × 208.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.60.94
Non exposé
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Provenance[French and Company, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg, December 7, 1960; given to MFAH, by 1966.
Exhibition History"Paradise Underfoot: A 17th-Century Carpet from Iran," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, December 12, 2011–June 10, 2012.
Conservation loan, Robert Mann Oriental Rugs, Denver, Colorado.(OL.766)
Cataloguing data may change with further research.
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early 20th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 156
B.79.278
c. 1920–1930
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the right, KPSI: 154
B.75.54
early 20th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 208
B.75.53
mid- 19th–late 19th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 224
B.69.535
c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.75.48
c. 1910–1920
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.70.19
19th century
Wool (pile and weft) on cotton warp; symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 80
B.76.241
19th century
Wool (pile and weft) on cotton warp; symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 72
B.76.240