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Designed by Marianne Strengell Hammarström
Finnish, 1909–1998
United States, Michigan

Rug Sample, c. 1953

Linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots;" knotted warp fringe
26.6 x 24.3 cm (10 3/8 x 9 1/2 in.)
Gift of Marianne Strengell Hammarström, 1983.755a




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