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Carpet

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

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

Date:

1925/29

Artist:

France

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Carpet

Place

France (Artist's nationality:)

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 1925–1929

Medium

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

Dimensions

181.2 × 171 cm (71 3/8 × 67 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Fell

Reference Number

1977.184

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