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Medallion and Animal Carpet

Possibly Isfahan 17th Century, c. 1600

2.25 m × 4.37 m

A storey and a half of a house. Stood on end it is 2.6 people tall.

Against things you know the size of

Height: 4.37 m
Width: 2.25 m
Medium: wool pile on silk warp and wool and cotton weft
Kind: Decorative Art
Where the measurement comes from: Measured by the museum. The dimension is the one recorded by the institution that holds the work.
Credit: Widener Collection

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

How big is it?: 2.25 m × 4.37 m. A storey and a half of a house. Measured by the museum.
When was it made, and when is it everyone’s?: Made c. 1600. It is in the public domain, and National Gallery of Art publishes it for open use.
Whose is it?: Everyone’s to see. It is held by National Gallery of Art: Widener Collection.
How was it made?: Wool pile on silk warp and wool and cotton weft.
Who speaks for it?: Its record at National Gallery of Art. Measured by the museum. This gallery adds nothing it cannot cite.

The gallery's walk hangs a selection. This work can hang in a room of its own, with five works that hang well beside it, at their real size.

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.