Red field, with bright red, blue, green, white, and light yellow. Three rows of 7 'guls', secondary 'guls' between them and in borders. Each end decorated with a highly stylised tree pattern.
Warp: undyed white. Weft: undyed brown. Flat weave each end with weft dyed red. Persian (asymmetric) knot.
Sides originally double-overcast brown, additional poor single-overcasting in blue.
Given by Mr. Arthur Li, in memory of Ian Stephens
Length: 52 in
Width: 39.5 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1985-10-21) by Li, Arthur
19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early#
1875
-
1925
Tekke tribe
Accession number: T.35-1985
Primary reference Number: 186004
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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