Carpet known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya"

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Carpet known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya"

Place

Finland (Object made in)

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Made 1798

Medium

Wool, weft-faced warp-rib plain weave with supplementary wrapping weft forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"

Dimensions

197 × 158.4 cm (77 1/2 × 62 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Patricia Downing Lyons, Edward Lyons, Jr., Kenneth McGaughey Lyons, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lyons

Reference Number

1968.758

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