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Prayer Rug

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

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

Date:

c. 1900

Artist:

Caucasus, Dagastan

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Prayer Rug

Place

Caucasus (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 1890–1910

Medium

Wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes (Turkish) knots"

Dimensions

152 × 110.2 cm (59 7/8 × 43 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Alfred W. Stern

Reference Number

1962.633

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