Carpet
- Object Name:
- Carpet
- Object ID:
- 2002.641.01
- Place of Origin:
- Turkey (possibly)
- Date:
- 1880-1910
- Description:
- Carpet. Oriental style. Hand woven wool warp, weft, and Turkish knotted pile. Ribbed weave with short cut pile. Mostly Turkish design motifs with a Persian elements. Two-ply S-twist warp yarns. Two self-fringed ends, one whipstitched with beige colored cotton thread. Two sides hand over cast stitched with brown wool yarn. Design pattern with a rectangular border of a grouping of six lines; five geometrical, one floral. The main border features the "göl" ( a Turkish symbol). The center field has a blue ground with alternating rows of "botehs" (Persian symbol). Colors: shades of blue, brown, red, green and beige. One corner of the border has an 8" design flaw.
- Material:
- Textile
Wool - Dimensions:
- W-52 L-92 inches
- Provenance:
- Found in collection.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Wool, Handwork, Carpets, Oriental carpets, Gol (also gul or göl), Boteh, Textiles, Turkish, Persian
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