Carpet or Hanging

Textiles

1920/29

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artist: Jean Lurçat (Designer)
Title: Carpet or Hanging
Place: France (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 1920–1929
Medium: Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"; attached wool, knotted cut fringe
Dimensions: 226.5 × 151.6 cm (89 1/8 × 59 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of an anonymous donor
Reference Number: 1979.567

The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, European Carpets from the Permanent Collection, March 6–June 6, 1982
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, On or Off the Wall: An International Selection of Tapestries and Carpets 1920s–1970s, May 14, 2003–February 8, 2004

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