Silk carpet, carpet, a so-called polenta carpet, made of knotted silk and embroidered with gold and silver thread. In the midfield a tendril pattern with lotuses transformed into cartouche-like palmettes and various small ornaments. Background has a discontinuous field color, predominantly red, partly green and white. The middle edge is decorated with a pattern of lotuses set in sickle-shaped leaves on a running branch., anonymous, Isfahan, c. 1600, cotton (textile), silk, silver thread, h 362 cm × w 156 cm
Silk carpet, carpet, a so-called polenta carpet, made of knotted silk and embroidered with gold and silver thread. In the midfield a tendril pattern with lotuses transformed into cartouche-like palmettes and various small ornaments. Background has a discontinuous field color, predominantly red, partly green and white. The middle edge is decorated with a pattern of lotuses set in sickle-shaped leaves on a running branch., anonymous, Isfahan, c. 1600, cotton (textile), silk, silver thread, h 362 cm × w 156 cm
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