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Carpet

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1855-1880

GUSN

GUSN-8693

Description

Pieced, room-sized carpet woven in "Persian" style; rows of alternating green and red foliated strapwork star crosses with small polychromatic crosses on white ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

carpets
jute (fiber)
weft loop weave
weaving
machine-made
piecing
wool (textile)
floral patterns
geometric patterns
Orientalism
Turkish
Wool
Woven
Jute
Knotted Pile
Geometric
Floral
Brussels
Turkish
Oriental
Pieced
CARPET

Additional Identification Number

1980.162 A,B

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

8.5 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1980.162A

Places

Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly

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