Decorative arts

Pile Weaving Sample

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Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: late 19th-early 20th Century
Accession number: 2000.5.885
Makers: Morris and Company(Opens in new tab) (British, 1861–1940); Unknown, British(Opens in new tab) (British)
Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (26.7 x 10.8 cm.)
Medium: pile weave in wool and bast fiber using Turkish knot
Description: Rectangular shaped sample with deep blue-border and inner border stripes of maroon, olive, off-white, light blue, with inner persian geometric patter in maroon and light blue outlined in off-white. Fringes of knotted bast fiber.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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