SAM'S collection

Rug

Rug

Date18th - 19th century

Label TextNot all Islamic art is religious. This rug, for example, is not a prayer rug, but instead once lay on the floor of a home or shop. Despite the secular, everyday identity of this floor covering, the floral motifs that fill the central ground evoke a garden, an enduring metaphor for Paradise in both secular and religious Islamic art.

Object number45.18

ProvenanceMiss Elizabeth Hollenbeck; purchased from Miss Hollenbeck by Seattle Art Museum (Eugene Fuller Memorial Collection), March 1945

Credit LineEugene Fuller Memorial Collection

Dimensions50 1/2 in. (128.27 cm) L.: 76 in.

MediumWool tapestry

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