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Carpet

Unknown artist, 1675-1725

6.78 m × 4.5 m

Longer than a car. Stood on end it is 4.0 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 4.5 m
Width: 6.78 m
Medium: Wool and silk, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" ("Sehna") knots; edged with cotton, and wool weft-faced warp-ribbed plain weave
Kind: Textile
Made in: Morocco
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
As the museum records it: 678 × 302.3 cm (267 × 119 in.)
Why this differs from the record: Recorded as 3.02 m × 6.78 m. Hung to match the photograph.
Credit: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne

Five questions, answered from its own record. What is AGAI?

How big is it?: 6.78 m × 4.5 m. Longer than a car. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made 1675-1725. It is in the public domain, and The Art Institute of Chicago publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by The Art Institute of Chicago: Gift of Emily Crane Chadbourne.
How was it made?: Wool and silk, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Persian" ("Sehna") knots; edged with cotton, and wool weft-faced warp-ribbed plain weave, made in Morocco, qashqai.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at The Art Institute of Chicago. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

One email. The smallest thing in the collection, the largest, and two that hang well together.

Scored on colour, shape, era and scale, the same way the gallery hangs them.