Vase-technique Carpet with Overlapping Cartouches
Object type: Carpet
Department: Islamic Art
Date: 17th century
Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile

Dimensions: Rug: L. 189 in. (480.1 cm)
          W. 127 in. (322.6 cm)
Tube: L. 140 in. (355.6 cm)
           Diam. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
Wt. 75 lbs. (34 kg)  (Carpet weighed with 120 lb. tube at 195 lbs.)
Classification: Textiles-Rugs
Geography: Made in probably Kirman or Isfahan   Iran  
Credit line: H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956
Accession year: 1956