Title: The Seley Carpet
Object type: Carpet
Date: late 16th century
Medium: Silk (warp), cotton (weft), wool (weft and pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
Dimensions: Rug: L. 280 in. (711.2 cm)
         W. 121 in. (307.3 cm)
Tube: L. 157 in. (398.8 cm)
           Diam. 21 in. (53.3cm)
Wt. 86 lbs. (39 kg)  (carpet was weighed with 120 lb. tube at 204 lbs.)
Classification: Textiles-Rugs
Credit line: Presented in memory of Richard Ettinghausen, Gift of Louis E., Theresa S., Hervey, and Elliot Jay Seley, and Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick and Fletcher Funds, 1978
Geography: Made in    Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Animals, term: Deer, term: Flowers