Harvard Art Museums > 1943.1772: Carpet, Kirman Textile Arts Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Carpet, Kirman , 1943.1772,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/214644. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1943.1772 Title Carpet, Kirman Classification Textile Arts Work Type rug Date 1875-1876 Places Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Kirman Culture Persian Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/214644 Physical Descriptions Medium wool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts Dimensions 332.23 x 420.62 cm (130 13/16 x 165 5/8 in.) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop Accession Year 1943 Object Number 1943.1772 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions THIS WORK MAY NOT BE LENT BY THE TERMS OF ITS ACQUISITION TO THE HARVARD ART MUSEUMS. The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Description This carpet playfully reinvents the well-known composition of the chahār bāgh (a four-part garden) rug. Such carpets dating back to the Safavid period (1501-1722) alluded to the classical Persian garden typology by featuring perpendicular channels of water, which split the rug into beds planted with trees. Here, there are no streams of water but channels of cartouches and floral motifs that split the main field into four large rectangles, each composed of twenty-four smaller rectangles. These rectangles illustrate various vegetal and architectural motifs, creating a busy surface in which the chahār bāgh composition becomes lost. Inscription (at the top center of the carpet in a cartouche): سفارش دیلمقانی, 92(made to the order by Dilmaghani; [12]92 H or 1875/1876) Verification Level This record was created from historic documentation and may not have been reviewed by a curator; it may be inaccurate or incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
