Karabagh Prayer Rug

Kazakhstan, Caucasus

kazakcaucasiancentral asianasianweaving - carpettextile

Date

1875/1900

Medium

Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut solid pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"

Dimensions

161.3 × 112.4 cm (63 1/2 × 44 1/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of Willis D. Nance

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Sewan Kazak Rug

Southwest Caucasus

Prayer Rug

Dagestan or Shirvan, Turkestan

Garden rug

Caucasus, Kazakhstan

Self-Portrait

Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)