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Fragment of a carpet with scrolling vines and animal heads

about 1610–20
Object PlaceLahore, India
Medium/TechniqueSilk warp; silk weft; wool pile
DimensionsOverall: 87.5 x 38cm (34 7/16 x 14 15/16in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number05.58
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenancePurchased by Denman Waldo Ross from D.K. Kelekian; Denman Waldo Ross Collection; Gift from Denman Waldo Ross to the MFA, June 1, 1905
Bag face rug
early 19th century
Hunting carpet
Aqa Mirak and Sultan Muhammad
about 1530
Group shot:  62.1126 (above), 62.1127 (below)
First half 19th century
Pattern
early 19th century
Rug
late 18th or early 19th century
Border fragment of a silk carpet
probably third quarter of the 16th century