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Brussels rug

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870-1890

GUSN

GUSN-49797

Description

Rectangular, pieced wool Brussels; dark "oriental" style; rectangular center panel with white, brown and black floral designs. Four banded border of floral designs in earth tones.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Brussels carpets
cotton (textile)
weft loop weave
weaving
machine-made
piecing
wool (textile)
floral patterns
Orientalism
Wool
Cotton
Woven
Knotted Pile
Oriental
Brussels
Pieced
Floral
RUG

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

37.5 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1980.177

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