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Shaped carpet

about 1650
Object PlaceLahore or Kashmir, northern India
Medium/TechniqueCotton warp, cotton weft, wool knotted pile
Dimensions461 x 191.8 cm (181 1/2 x 75 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of John Goelet
Accession number66.228
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceNasli (1902-1971) and Alice (1910-1993) Heeramaneck, New York; by 1966, John Goelet, Amblainville (Oise) France; 1966, gift of Goelet to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 9, 1966)
Restricted: For reference only
late 17th or early 18th century
Rug
19th century
Pictorial carpet
about 1590–1600
Group shot:  62.1126 (above), 62.1127 (below)
First half 19th century
Pattern
early 19th century
late 15th to early 16th century
Medallion
mid-16th century
Rug
Ilums Bolighus (Danish department store)
about 1960–65