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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1975.90
Title
Carpet, 'Mina Khani' Pattern
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
rug
Date
c. 1910
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran
Culture
Persian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/216464

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Woven with knotted wool pile
Technique
Knotted
Dimensions
549 x 355 cm (216 1/8 x 139 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alwin Max Pappenheimer
Accession Year
1975
Object Number
1975.90
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Central field of rosettes latticed on dark blue ground. Mina khani pattern (all-over pattern of two or more flower blossoms connected by a diamond lattice)

Publication History

  • Walter B. Denny, Oriental Rugs, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C, 1979), p. 81, fig. 53

Verification Level

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