Wool warp. Red wool weft. Wool pile. Asymmetric knot.
Fringed edges with brown wool stitching to secure. Sides oversewn with red wool.
Light blue ground with alternating small rosettes with larger central rosette medallion. A line of boteh along most of inner border; border of repeat diagonal strings
Originally attached by "strings" to T.19-1942.
Given by Major R.G. and Colonel T.G. Gayer-Anderson
Length: 39 in
Width: 14 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1942-09-30) by Gayer-Anderson, R.G. Major and Gayer-Anderson, T.G. Colonel
20th Century, Early
1900
-
1925
Qashqai tribe
Pile
composed of
wool
Warp
composed of
wool
Weft
composed of
wool
Accession number: T.18-1942
Primary reference Number: 186199
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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