Carpet, late 16th–early 17th century, Attributed to Iran, probably Kashan, Silk, metal wrapped thread; tapestry weave, Textile: H. 87 in. (221 cm), Textiles-Rugs, This tapestry-woven carpet with threads wrapped in precious metal belongs to a group produced in Kashan in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Unlike carpets produced for shrines, this example contains a central lobed medallion with flying cranes, a motif repeated in the four corner pieces
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Carpet, late 16th–early 17th century, Attributed, Iran, Kashan, Silk, metal wrapped thread, tapestry weave, Textile, H, 87, 221 cm, Textiles-Rugs, tapestry-woven, carpet, threads wrapped, precious metal, belongs, group produced, sixteenth, early seventeenth, centuries, carpets, shrines, example contains, central lobed, medallion, flying cranes, motif repeated, four corner, pieces
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