‘Polonaise Carpet’

anoniem, c. 1600 - c. 1625

This kind of costly silk carpet with gold- and silverwrapped thread was woven in the imperial workshops in Isfahan, Iran. In 1602 King Sigismund III Vasa of Poland ordered several of them for his daughter’s wedding. This explains why they are called ‘Polonaise’ carpets. This may be one of the carpets made on commission for Sigismund.

Artwork typetapijt
Object numberBK-17274
Dimensionsheight 225.0 cm x width 140.0 cm
Physical characteristicszijde, zilver- en gouddraad, katoen

Identification

Title(s)
Zijden tapijt
Object type
Object number
BK-17274
Description
Tapijt, een zogenaamd Polentapijt, geknoopt van zijde en gebrocheerd met goud- en zilverdraad. Dunne banden verdelen het middenveld van dit tapijt in catouches. Versieringen van ranken met bladmotieven, lotusbloemen, rozetten afgewisseld met wolkenbanden. Brede versierde rand.
Catalogue reference
- Cat.tent. Tentoonstelling oosterse tapijten, Delft (Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof), 1948/49, nr. 24.
- Cat.tent. Tafelwerk zur Ausstellung orientalischer Teppiche, Wien, London, Paris, 1892, Taf. LXIV, Abb. 82.

Creation

Creation
maker: anoniem, Isfahan
Dating
c. 1600 - c. 1625
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Material and technique

Physical description
zijde, zilver- en gouddraad, katoen
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height 225.0 cm x width 140.0 cm

Acquisition and rights

Copyright
Public domain
Provenance
...; on loan from the Wittelsbach collection to the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich, 1905-18;{Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Archive, Civiliste, Fol. 152, no. 33, inv. no. T 1596.} transferred to the Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich; from whom, 16,500 RM, to the dealer A. S. Drey, 1930;{Bayerisches Nationalmuseum Archive, Dokument 1158, Verzeichnis über die Verkaufserlöse von den im Rechnungsjahre 1930 abgegebenen Sammlungsgegenstände.}…; purchased from the estate of Dr. Fritz Mannheimer (1890-1939), Amsterdam and Paris, en bloc, by the Dienststelle Mühlmann, The Hague, for Adolf Hitler's Führermuseum, Linz, 1940;{Korthals Altes 1974, pp. 21-22.} war recuperation, SNK, 1945;{HNA, SNK Archive, 2.08.42, inv. no. 548.} on loan, with 1,702 other objects, from the DRVK to the museum, 1952;{Note RMA.} transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.

Documentation

- Cat.tent. Tentoonstelling oosterse tapijten, Delft (Stedelijk Museum Het Prinsenhof), 1948/49, nr. 24.
- Cat.tent. Tafelwerk zur Ausstellung orientalischer Teppiche, Wien, London, Paris, 1892, Taf. LXIV, Abb. 82.

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