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Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-6535, described as Rug: dark blue field; dark mahogany rose; border in trefoil and small guards; all over small geometric pattern; 26 in. x 21 in.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-6523, described as Rug; black-plum; maroon rose border (2 ivory trefoil and 4 small guards); Trees of Life with branching grape leaves; field of geometric figures; embroidered selvages; 103 inches x 60 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-6498, described as Rug; horizontal panels in dark blue, medium blue, and magenta with [shape] in burnt orange; thick; cut and put together; 54 x 48 inches. Nineteenth century. Eastern Anatolian Kurdish rug. The cochineal red and the green, dark blue and apricot color combination is characteristic of Anatolian Kurdish rugs.
Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-6561, described as Rug; pink-rose field; “creation” with medallion and minute patterns; 160 inches x 113 inches.
Image Missing: Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 9-6486, described as Rug; ivory with blue border; (mahogany and 3 guards); 81 x 52 inches. The pear-shaped design is common to Persian cite rugs of that period/ This is a Kashan rug. The designation “Saraband” is meaningless as it refers to a class of rugs with a similar pattern, but made hundreds of miles to the west in an entirely different style. The repeating figure in the field is more properly known as a “boteh” (leaf), and the pattern is called “miri boteh.”
Hearst Museum object titled Saddlebag, accession number 9-6478, described as Saddle bags; a pair; central design of eight diamonds with in rectangles; main border in carrot (?); 5 guard borders; 24 inches x 28 inches.
Hearst Museum object titled Saddlebag, accession number 9-6506, described as Saddle bags; 2 sewn together; Persian shawl pattern; 10 ivory and 10 dark blue stripes; Greek Key border; Kashmir weave; has wrought iron rings and leather thongs; each is 34 x 20 inches. So-called Beluch rugs are not made in Baluchistan, the southeastern portion of Iran. They are made by nomadic Baluchi tribes hundred of miles to the north in the province of Khurassan.

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