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Rug Sample

A work made of linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots".

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  • A work made of linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots".

Date:

c. 1951

Artist:

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

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Marianne Strengell (Designer)

Title

Rug Sample

Place

Michigan (Object made in)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

Made 1941–1961

Medium

Linen, wool and cotton, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes Knots"

Dimensions

36.2 × 28 cm (14 1/4 × 11 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Marianne Strengell Hammarström

Reference Number

1983.755e

Extended information about this artwork

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