Cleveland Museum of Art
Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread
- Date
- 1600–1625
- Medium
- Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded
- Culture
- Iran, Isfahan, Safavid period (1501-1722)
- Department
- Textiles
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
The Safavid dynasty was the greatest dynasty from Iran in the Islamic period. Similarly, woven textiles and carpets from this period are some of the best produced in the region. Royal workshops produced luxurious textiles, like this one, to furnish the royal court. Expertly woven silks were highly prized by the Iranian elite but were also produced for export to the European aristocracy. 16th- and 17th-century Iranian carpets with silk and metal thread were mistakenly called "Polish," based on one displayed in the Polish exhibit at the Paris World Fair in 1878.
The authoritative record is held by Cleveland Museum of Art. LinkedCulture surfaces this object and its connections; it does not alter institutional metadata.
Related across collections
Semantically similar works from Cleveland Museum of Art and other institutions.
‘Polonaise Carpet’
Rijksmuseum
Section of Silk Fabric with Falconers Amid Rose Bushes
Cleveland Museum of Art
Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Woven Silk Fragment
Art Institute of Chicago
Floral striped silk on a golden ground
Cleveland Museum of Art
Textile with field of poppies on a golden ground
Cleveland Museum of Art
Royal Round Tent made for Muhammad Shah (wall panel with three design units)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Royal Round Tent made for Muhammad Shah (Roof)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Royal Round Tent made for Muhammad Shah (wall panel with three design units)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Royal Round Tent made for Muhammad Shah (wall panel with one design unit)
Cleveland Museum of Art
Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Royal Round Tent Made for Muhammad Shah
Cleveland Museum of Art