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Rug
Turkmen
19th c
Medium/Technique
wool
Dimensions
1.17 x .97
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Louise M. Nathurst
Accession Number04.257
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAsia, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
Descriptionwarp wool, weft wool, pile wool, 25 Persian (Sehna) knots per square centimeter. The ground of the main field is a deep violet red. The design of geometrical forms is of white, red, orange, dark blue and brown. Around four sides is a border of separate round forms with star-like flowers in the middle. On the end is a band of red, on which is a border of symmetrical conventional flowers. The sides have been cut and have a braid sewed on.