# The Anhalt Medallion Carpet

- Date: probably first half 16th century
- Medium: Cotton (warp), silk (weft), wool (pile); asymmetrically knotted pile
- Classification: Textiles-Rugs
- Dimensions: Rug: H. 312 in. (792.5 cm) W. 165 in. (419.1 cm) Wt. on 8" tube - 184 lbs. (83.5 kg)
- Culture: Iran
- Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1946
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/450716)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/is/web-large/DP215776.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)