Carpet

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Carpet

Turkey, 16th-17th century
Wool knotted pile on silk plain-weave foundation
44 1/8 × 64 1/4 in. (112.08 × 163.2 cm) Strainer: 68 1/4 × 48 in. (173.36 × 121.92 cm)
The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.705)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Lo Terrenal y lo Divino: Arte Islámico siglos VII al XIX Colección del Museo de Arte del Condado de Los Ángeles. Santiago: Centro Cultural La Moneda, 2015.

  • Pal, Pratapaditya, ed.  Islamic Art:  The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection.  Los Angeles:  Museum Associates, 1973.