Carpet

Caucasus, Shirvan

dagestancaucasiancentral asianasiantextileweaving - carpet

Date

c. 1900

Medium

Wool and cotton, plain weave with wool supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes (Turkish) knots"

Dimensions

156.8 × 106.9 cm (61 3/4 × 48 1/8 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Bequest of Russell Tyson

Also notable

Works in the same vein

Carpet (Sileh)

Caucasus, Shirvan Provence

Prayer Rug

Dagestan or Shirvan, Turkestan

Self-Portrait

Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)