Polonaise Carpet

Unknown Artist

17th century

Polonaise Carpet by Unknown Artist

Medium

Cotton (warp), silk (weft and pile), metal wrapped thread; asymmetrically knotted pile, brocaded

Dimensions

L. 113 in. (287 cm) W. 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Rugs

Department

Islamic Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Horace Havemeyer, 1956

Accession Number

56.185.4

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