File:Fragment of a Carpet.jpg

Summary

Artist

'Ali Nushabadi (manufacturer or weaver)

Description

English: Fragment of a 'Saf' carpet, intended for a place of public prayer such as a mosque. Inscribed "Master 'Ali Nushabadi" (otherwise unknown), who could be manufacturer or weaver. This fragment has been dated to the first half of the fourteenth century by reason of the particular letter forms of the inscriptions, which makes it the earliest extant example of a flat-weave carpet from Islamic Iran. Cotton. 104 x 46 cm. Iran, first half of the 14th century. Hermitage Museum ИР-2253

Date

First half of the 14th century

Collection

Hermitage Museum

	Native name	Государственный Эрмитаж
	Location	Saint Petersburg
	Coordinates	59° 56′ 26″ N, 30° 18′ 49″ E
	Established	1764
	Website	hermitagemuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q132783 VIAF: 128956287 ISNI: 000000041800742X LCCN: n79100241 NLA: 35139924 OSM: 8092294 WorldCat

Accession number

ИР-2253

References

The Legacy of Genghis Khan. Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, 1256-1353, eds. Linda Komaroff and Stefano Carboni, Yale University Press, 2002, pp. 129, 262 (fig. 155)

Source/Photographer

https://www.hermitagemuseum.org/wps/portal/hermitage/digital-collection/08.+applied+arts/124429

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