Carpet
- Object Name:
- Carpet
- Object ID:
- 1977.007.12
- Date:
- 1850-1900
- Description:
- Hand-woven Oriental carpet; Persian knots create the pile. Wool pile and wool warp and weft. The carpet is long and has a center field design divided into six blocks, each filled with a diamond-shaped figure with L-shapes extending all around its edges. The center of the diamonds are filled with various geometric motifs. The colors are deep madder red, shades of blue, golden yellow, and cream. This center field is surrounded by a border of geometric motifs on a cream background, followed by an outer border of dark blue with an undulating line and simple stylized flowers within the undulations. The long sides are selvedges without pile; the ends are self-fringed.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-46 L-114 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Foster E. Sturtevant
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