Silk Kashan Carpet

سجادة كاشان حريرية

Silk Kashan Carpet; Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 58.46.

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A Kashan silk carpet with silk foundation and pile, Iran; sixteenth century, one of the treasures of Safavid carpets. Held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1

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Arabesque· Girih· Hedwig glass· Islamic calligraphy· Islamic geometric patterns· Islamic lustreware· Kubachi ware· Mahmal

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  1. Metropolitan Museum Open Access
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islam.museum contributors. “Silk Kashan Carpet”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/sajjadat-kashan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-18.

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