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So-called "dragon" rug
Caucasian
Probably 17th century
Medium/Technique
Wool
Dimensions
Overall: 500 x 210.8 cm (196 7/8 x 83 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number06.2528
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWarp: wool. Weft: wool. Pile: wool. Turkish knots, 30 to 1 decimeter, or 7 to 1 inch (horizontal); 31 to 1 decimeter, or 9 to 1 inch (vertical). Design: large palmettes and elongated leaf-like forms, possibly derived from dragons. Colors: ground once black, pile almost all gone, warp and weft stained dark brown; other colors blue, red, orange, green, and cream white. Poor condition, ragged fringe.