Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread
Cleveland Museum of Art

Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread

1600–1625

Cotton: warp; cotton and silk: wefts; silk: pile, asymmetrical knot; gilt- and silver-metal thread: brocaded
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

16th- and 17th-century Iranian carpets with silk and metal thread were mistakenly called "Polish," based on one displayed in the Polish exhibit at the Paris World Fair in 1878.

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