Rug
- Object Name:
- Rug
- Object ID:
- 1973.066.02
- Description:
- Oriental rug with a wool pile, wool weft and warp; Turkish knots form the pile. The rug has a red ground and a center field design of lozenges filled with stylized geometric figures; between these lozenges are stylized cross motifs. This field is bordered with smaller lozenges filled with 8-pointed star motifs and edged with triangles. The ends have a deeper border with diamond shapes filled with more geometric patterning. The colors in addition to the red are two shades of blue, cream, and a lighter shade of red. The ends are self-fringed and the sides are selvedge.
- Material:
- Textile
- Dimensions:
- W-44 L-52 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Helen Chaffee Elwell
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