1930.214: Prayer Carpet, Kermanshah
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1930.214
- Title
- Prayer Carpet, Kermanshah
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- rug
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Kirman province
- Culture
- Persian
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/216813
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- wool pile on a foundation of cotton warps and wefts
- Dimensions
- 147.32 x 86.36 cm (58 x 34 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Nettie G. Naumburg
- Accession Year
- 1930
- Object Number
- 1930.214
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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This wool pile carpet combines two common rug compositions found in a number of different cultures: the niche or arched opening and the central “tree of life.” Here, the niche is well-defined but does not necessarily indicate use as a prayer carpet, and the “tree of life” is composed of sinuous branches. At the base of the tree are two small deer. Birds and other plants populate the rest of the main field and thick borders.
Verification Level
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