rug
Description: rug, wool, red ground with `shield' motifs, `crab' border on white, bright colours. Loose woven flocullent rug. Wool warp and weft, former being pinkish red, Ghiordes knot, two or three wefts between knots, 7 knots horizontal, 5 knots vertical ie a loose coars rug, but neat and even on the back. On a red ground there are alternate rows of shield-like pine cones, 4-5 borders including crab design on ivory ground, general effect of rug is bright and heraldic. Trapezoid shape, threadbare and black threads have fallen out.
Collection: HUMAN HISTORYDescription: rug, wool, red ground with `shield' motifs, `crab' border on white, bright colours. Loose woven flocullent rug. Wool warp and weft, former being pinkish red, Ghiordes knot,…