Ordinary Rugs of the 15th and 16th century

Detail "Timur Feasts At The Occasion of The Marriage Of His Grandsons. 1579-80" from a copy of the Habib al-siyar, Qazvin. 1579 - 1580.

I have focused on the court carpets of the 16th century but it occurred to me that there are other rugs to study. Over a period of time I will collect images of these rugs that appear in miniatures. I have decided to call them "Ordinary Rugs". Since they may be tribal, village or city rugs I wanted a term to differentiate them from rugs that are obviously produced at the court workshops.

Rugs by Type:

• Ordinary Rugs of the 15th and 16th century - Pile

• Ordinary Rugs of the 15th and 16th century - Flatweaves

• Ordinary Rugs of the 15th and 16th century - Trappings and Bags

Links to the plates:

• Khusraw's Portrait Shown To Shirin. 1495

• The Traveler and the Dervish. c. 1486

• "Le Portrait De Houlagou-khan Et De Sa Femme" Tabriz, early 14th Century.

• The Marriage Of Timur's Grandsons. 1579-80

• Coronation of Soltan Hosayn Mirza Bayqara

• Shahrukh Seated In A Garden. 1429

• Bahram Gour Dans La Palais Bleau. Herat, 1493

• Kuyuk The Great Khan. Shiraz 1438

• Divan of Sultan Ahmed Jalair, Baghdad? 1402

• Bahram Gur in the Green Pavilion, Tabriz circa 1480

• Bahram Gur and the Princess in the Black Pavilion 1538

• Yusof-O Zolaykha of Jami. 1566.

• Giv brings Gurgin before Kay Khusrau. 1493-94.

• Bahram Gur in the Green Pavilion c.1480

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.

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