# The Emperor's Carpet

- Date: second half 16th century
- Medium: Silk (warp and weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Classification: Textiles-Rugs
- Dimensions: Rug: L. 299 in. (759.5 cm) W. 133 1/2 in. (339.1 cm) Wt. on a 10" tube: 144 lbs. (65.3 kg)
- Culture: Iran
- Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1943
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/450509)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/web-large/DP245045.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)