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Rug

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

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

Date:

1938

Artist:

Morocco

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Rug

Place

Morocco (Object made in:)

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Made 1938

Medium

Cotton and wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"

Dimensions

204.5 × 145.5 cm (80 1/2 × 57 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Louis B. Kuppenheimer, Lisa Fosse, and Kenneth Fosse

Reference Number

1986.87

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