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10. Klose 1993-1994, 42-45; this article is the most recent and owned by the Polish aristocratic Sanguszko family; Pope
comprehensive discussion of Herat animal carpets. 1938-1939, 3: 2361-2364.
11. It is illustrated in Franses 1984, figs. 4 and 5, and Bennett 22. Pope 1938-1939, 3: 2328.
19873, 41, fig. 2. 23. Erdmann 1941,160-168,173-174.
12. No. R 33.4.4, illustrated in Ellis 1965, fig. 6; see also color pi. 24. Ellis 1965, 54.
8, no. 9, in Sarre and Trenkwald 1926-1928; no. 06.6, illustrated
25. Dimand 1973, 54.
in Erdmann 1941, fig. 5.
26. No. T 9026, illustrated in Sarre and Trenkwald 1926-1928,
13. Illustrated in McMullan 1965, pi. 15.
n: pi. 28.
14. Nos. 25.700 and 23.921, illustrated in Bennett 19873, 41-42, 27. Eiland 1979,161-163.
pis. 2 and 3.
28. Bennett 19873,43. Bennett 1986,14, attributed both Emperor
15. No. 11714, illustrated in Sarre and Trenkwald 1926-1928, pi. 3.
carpets to Kashan or Isfahan because the rows of animals resem-
16. Nos. 08.100 and 17.120.127, illustrated in Dimand 1973,138, bled those of the small silk Kashan animal rugs.
fig. 71.
29. Michael Franses, Textile Gallery Brochure I (London, 1984),
17. No. 10.61.1, illustrated in Pope 1939,6: no. 1151, and Dimand 1973, figs. 4 and 5.
fig. 66; both authorities attributed this rug to Tabriz.
30. Ellis ms.
18. Adam Olearius, Reisebeschreibung (Hamburg, 1696), 228, 31. Gans-Ruedin 1978, 57; he was under the mistaken impres-
quoted in Martin 1906-1908, 69.
sion that the carpet's warps were made of wool.
19. Martin 1906-1908, 69-74, suggested that a group of carpets 32. Ellis ms.
had been produced in the vicinity of Herat, but all of his illus-
trated examples would today probably be considered Indian
copies of Persian designs; he persisted in attributing medallion
rugs to Tabriz. Bode and Kiihnel 1984, 36, isolated certain rugs REFERENCES
but never associated them with Herat. 1913 Ricci: no. 344, pis. 79, 80.
20. The carpets in this controversial group are distinguished by 1935 Widener: 134.
the presence of gold and silver brocading and the prominent 1938-1939 Pope: 3: 2328; 6: pi. 1148.
inscriptions in their borders. The group is named after George
Salting, the former owner of a well-known example now at the 1940 Iranian Institute: 13-14.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London (no. T 402 1910). Some 1941 Erdmann: 163.
authorities have discussed them as nineteenth-century Turkish 1947 Chicago: no. 22, repro.
imitations of classical Persian carpets, while others believe that
they date from the Safavid period. Recent opinion favors the 1959 Dilley: pi. 9.
latter possibility; for a brief summary of the Salting problem, 1960 Pope: color repro.
see Eiland 1997, 87-88. The "Salting"-type Marquand Medallion 1965 Ellis: 54, 55n.n.
Carpet (no. 43—28—1, Philadelphia Museum of Art) possesses a 1972 Ettinghausen: fig. 3.
medallion scheme similar to that of the Widener carpet; see
Ellis 1988, no. 37. 1976 Hayward Gallery: 100, pi. 61.
1979 Eiland: 160-161.
21. Pope 1938-1939, 3: 2347-2358; the "Sanguszko" group was
named after an exceptionally beautiful medallion and animal 19873 Bennett: 43.
carpet (Shumei Family Collection, Shigaraki, Japan) formerly 1993-1994 Klose: 43, fig. 4.

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