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rug, prayer

human history
  • Other Name

    carpet

  • Description

    prayer rug, wool pile, cotton warp-weft, predominant colours are pink and brown, with mid-blue field to broken-toped nuhrab, and floral sprays on field, seven borders includes narrow navy and brown stripes and two broad bands of stylized flowers weave, ghiordes knot 10 x 13 = 130 knots per square inch, short, crisp pile, tight weave

  • Place
    Ghiordes/Turkey
  • Accession Date
    Unknown
  • Other Id

    T432 (textile)

  • Department

    Applied Arts and Design

Images and documents

Images

  • rug
  • rug, detail
  • rug, detail
  • rug
  • rug, detail
  • rug, detail
  • rug, prayer, T432, digital, 25 Mar 2019, © Auckland Museum CC BY

Artefact

  • Credit Line
    gift of an anonymous donor, T432
  • Primary Maker

     not known (Weaver)

  • Place
    Ghiordes/Turkey
  • Technique

    woven

  • Media

    cotton (textile)

    wool (hair)/hair/animal material

  • Measurement Description
    10 X 13 = 130 knots per square inch = 25.4mm2, 1930.4 x 1219.2 mm
  • Measurement Reading

    1930.4 x 1219.2mm (from catalogue card)

  • Media/Materials Notes

    warp and weft

    pile

  • Last Update
    25 Mar 2019
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