IDENTIFIERS
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id:	186191
accession number:	T.12-1942

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Thursday 19 January 2012
updated:	Tuesday 21 March 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Cotton warp.   Cotton weft.   Wool pile.   Symmetric knot.
Ends flat woven, turned over or raw.   Sides over-sewn with red wool;  trimmed/faced with purple fringing.   
Saddle slits;  large, flat woven edges with remnants of leather binding;  smaller slit oversewn red wool.   Remnant of leather for pommel.   
Dark blue ground;  repeat pattern of scrolls, "boteh" and sprigs (debased Herati?);  smaller more geometric pattern in spandrels.   Simple quadruple band border.
title:	saddle-rug

LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by Major R.G. and Colonel T.G. Gayer-Anderson

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/186191





TECHNIQUES
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woven

CATEGORIES
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category: textiles

DATING
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creation date:	1875 - 1925
creation date earliest:	1875
creation date latest:	1925
culture:	19th Century, Late-20th Century, Early#

CREATORS
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maker: Unknown

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Length
units: in
value: 40

dimension: Width
units: in
value: 38