Details

Object type

garden carpet

Title

Chahar-Bagh carpet

Culture/School

Islamic; Persian; Iranian; Safavid; Kurdish

Place Associated

Asia, Middle East, Iran, Kurdistan region (place of manufacture)

Date

16th to 17th century

Materials

cotton warp and weft, wool pile, coarse weave

Dimensions

overall: 4318 mm x 3378 mm

Description

Large fragment of a piled garden carpet, with a wide dark blue border holding a row of alternating green and red cypress trees, floral shrubs and pairs of birds. The centre field is symmetrically divided by two water channels into square compartments. The channels cross each other at a right angle to form a central hexagonal compartment dominated by a stylised floral composition. The water in the channels is illustrated by a geometric pattern in red on a cream background. Pairs of blue and of white fish swim along.

Credit Line/Donor

Gifted by Sir William and Lady Burrell to the City of Glasgow, 1944

Collection

Burrell Collection: Carpets and Rugs

ID Number

9.9

Location

Burrell Collection East Galleries