http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/965115/resize%3Aformat%3Dfull;jsessionid=C10DB9EE572B552D40A5F5FA08883455Pictorial carpetabout 1590–1600Cotton warp and weft with wool knotted pileWarp, white cotton; weft pinkish brown cotton(?) apparently two threads between each row of knots. One hundred Persian (Sehna) knots to a square centimeter; pile, wool. The ground of the main field is of dark red. The design main field is dark red. The design of houses, men, real and imaginary, birds, and animals is of light tan, dark blue, greens, yellow, white and red. The ground of the main border is light neutral tan, on this is a design of palmettes filled with masks and separated filled with masks and separated by flowers and Chinese looking birds. The inner guard band has a floral design; the outer one has a reciprocal design.Textiles155.0000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/detailsrdf/71487;jsessionid=C10DB9EE572B552D40A5F5FA08883455