Islamic World Carpets and Rugs
May 2026
These objects are all hand-woven carpets and rugs from regions across the Islamic world, including Persia, Turkey, the Caucasus, Central Asia, India, and North Africa, showcasing traditional textile techniques like knotted pile and tapestry weave.
95 objects · 5 institutions

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s–1960

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875-1900

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th-20th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1601-25

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s–1960

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875–1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875-1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875‒1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
About 1875

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
17th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Mid–17th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
mid–18th/19th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Late 19th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875–1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875/1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1801/50

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1775‒1800

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1890

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1850/1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), late 18th/early 19th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875-1900

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1900s

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875–1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
17th‒18th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Late 17th century, Mughal Empire (1526-1799)

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
18th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875-1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1675-1725

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Early 17th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1675/1700

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875-1900

Carpet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
18th century

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Early 16th century, Mamluk period (1250–1517)

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1601‒25
Carpet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
17th century

Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800–1850

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875/1900

Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1601-25

Carpet
GETTY
about 1665–1667

Carpet (For a Buddhist Temple Column)
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), mid–19th century

Carpet (Kilim)
Cleveland Museum of Art
late 19th-early 20th century

Carpet (Known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya")
Art Institute of Chicago
1701/25

Carpet (Sileh)
Art Institute of Chicago
1864

Carpet (Ushak double-ended prayer rug)
Art Institute of Chicago
17th century

Carpet known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya"
Art Institute of Chicago
1798

Carpet, so-called "Polonaise"
Cleveland Museum of Art
17th century

Classical Turkish Carpet with the Lotto Pattern
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600–1650

Door Rug (Ensi)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1900

Dragon Carpet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
early 19th century

Fragment of a Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
16th century (?)

Fragment of a Carpet Border
Cleveland Museum of Art
1500s

Fragments of a Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600–1650

Fragments of a Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600–1650

Fragments of a Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600–1650

Garden rug
Art Institute of Chicago
1890

Half of Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1870–1900

Imitation "Bird" Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1901‒25

Incomplete Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
Qing dynasty (1644–1911), 1730s

Karabagh Prayer Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
1875/1900

Khamseh Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1890

Kilim with Bands of "Star" Motifs
Art Institute of Chicago
1st quarter of the 18th century

Kilim with Six Double-Niches
Art Institute of Chicago
early 19th century

Polonaise Carpet
GETTY
about 1620

Portion of a Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1575‒1625

Portion of a Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600s

Prayer Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1850‒1900

Prayer Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
About 1894

Prayer Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875‒1900

Prayer Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
About 1890

Prayer Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875‒1900

Prayer Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
19th century

Prayer Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1875‒1900

Prayer Carpet (Sarouk Style)
Art Institute of Chicago
1875-1900

Prayer Mat
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1800s

Prayer Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
1875‒1900

Prayer Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
About 1900

Prayer Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
1850-1900

Prayer Rug
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1800s

Royal Carpet with Silk and Metal Thread
Cleveland Museum of Art
1600–1625

Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
1875‒1900

Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
1875/1900

Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
1875-1900

Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
Late 15th/early 16th century

Sewan Kazak Rug
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1875

Shirvan Kilim
Art Institute of Chicago
Last quarter 19th century

Summer Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
19th century?

Table carpet fragment
Metropolitan Museum of Art
late 16th century

Turkmen Bag Face
Cleveland Museum of Art
1800s

Turkmen Main Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
mid-1850s

Turkmen Main Carpet
Cleveland Museum of Art
1870s

Ushak Carpet
Art Institute of Chicago
1775‒1825

Ushtak Type Carpet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1600

Woolen carpet with millefleurs decoration
Cleveland Museum of Art
early 1600s

‘Polonaise Carpet’
Rijksmuseum
c. 1600 - c. 1625