Carpet Fragment

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Carpet Fragment

Place

Egypt

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Made 1475–1525

Medium

Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Sehna knots"

Dimensions

93 × 105.1 cm (36 1/2 × 41 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Art Institute of Chicago, Department of Textiles Collection

Reference Number

2002.162

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