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Collection Online as of December 14, 2025

Two-faced Carpet Fragment

1100s

Iran ?, Seljuq period

(1037–1194)
senna knot
Overall: 39.3 x 16.2 cm (15 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Abegg 1966.132
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

The tulip symbolizes modesty before God because, when in full bloom, it bows its head.

Description

This fragment preserves portions of designs of two faces of a carpet. One design depicts a stylized tulip with part of its mirror image. The opposite side depicts a pair of winged ibexes oriented at right angles to the "tulip" design.
  • ?-1966
    Werner [1903–1984] and Margaret Harrington Daniels Abegg [1901–1999], New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1966-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • “Annual Report for 1966.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 54, no. 6, 1967, pp. 159–197. Mentioned: pp. 177-178 www.jstor.org
  • Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).
  • {{cite web|title=Two-faced Carpet Fragment|url=false|author=|year=1100s|access-date=14 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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