Carpet

Description

Knotted wool pile carpet with a flowering tree in centre reserved against a navy blue ground within a pointed arch, the tree with slender trunk and curving branches bearing hanging clusters of lilac-like blue, red and orange flowers: Iran, Qum, c. 1960

Museum reference

A.1993.130

Collection

World Culture

Object name

Carpet

Production information

Qum, Iran, West Asia

Date

c. 1960

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Physical description

Foundation of cream cotton warps and light blue cotton wefts; knotted pile - wools - navy blue, light blue, cream, black, brown, tan, mustard, scarlet, orange, medium and light green; silks - yellow, white

Exhibitions

• Within the Middle East (12 May 1995)
  Royal Museum of Scotland

References

Scarce, Jennifer M., Domestic culture in the Middle East : An exploration of the household interior, Edinburgh, National Museums of Scotland, 1996