Rug

Museum number:
9-23799
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023799
Alternate number:
145 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Originally rug, mafrash, was 4 strips, but cut in half by Bill Walker at the seam. Joins are faggotted. Stripes, white predominating, and 'weirjan patterns in a variety of colors: red-orange, yellow, and purple; red, white, and purple. Also has varieties of checks. Egyptian rug. Z-ply, commercial dye, warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterning ('weirjan). One row of chaining/twining at ends.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. Ahmed Subai's shop
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
Fall 1993
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
Fall 1993
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 120 inches and whole— width 45 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Rug, accession number 9-23799, described as Originally rug, mafrash, was 4 strips, but cut in half by Bill Walker at the seam. Joins are faggotted. Stripes, white predominating, and 'weirjan patterns in a variety of colors: red-orange, yellow, and purple; red, white, and purple. Also has varieties of checks. Egyptian rug. Z-ply, commercial dye, warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterning ('weirjan). One row of chaining/twining at ends.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Rug, accession number 9-23799, described as Originally rug, mafrash, was 4 strips, but cut in half by Bill Walker at the seam. Joins are faggotted. Stripes, white predominating, and 'weirjan patterns in a variety of colors: red-orange, yellow, and purple; red, white, and purple. Also has varieties of checks. Egyptian rug. Z-ply, commercial dye, warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterning ('weirjan). One row of chaining/twining at ends.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Rug, accession number 9-23799, described as Originally rug, mafrash, was 4 strips, but cut in half by Bill Walker at the seam. Joins are faggotted. Stripes, white predominating, and 'weirjan patterns in a variety of colors: red-orange, yellow, and purple; red, white, and purple. Also has varieties of checks. Egyptian rug. Z-ply, commercial dye, warp-faced plain weave with complementary warp patterning ('weirjan). One row of chaining/twining at ends.

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