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Silk carpet
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Carpet, a so-called Polentapijt, of knotted silk and brocaded with gold and silver thread. The central field displays a scroll pattern with lotuses transformed into cartouche-like palmettes and various small ornaments. The background has a discontinuous field color, predominantly red, partly green and white. The middle border is decorated with a pattern of lotuses set in sickle-shaped leaves on a running scroll.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineZijden tapijt. c. 1600. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
