Rug

Museum number:
9-23752
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21090023752
Alternate number:
40 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Rug, mafrash. Weft-faced, poor imitation of Turkish flat-weaves. Gaudy colors, rough work. Cicim and zili. Maroon, beige, yellow, turquoise, green, red, black and white. Made for the purpose of selling. No edge treatments, weft is falling out at ends. Commercial dye. Weft-faced with weft substitution: cicim and zili. 7 picks per inch. I bought it as an example of deterioration of weaving in Saudi Arabia.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Nuayriyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Nuayriyah, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia
Production place:
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
May, 1989
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
1.5 Household and 4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— width 26 inches and whole— length 54 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rug, accession number 9-23752, described as Rug, mafrash. Weft-faced, poor imitation of Turkish flat-weaves. Gaudy colors, rough work. Cicim and zili. Maroon, beige, yellow, turquoise, green, red, black and white. Made for the purpose of selling. No edge treatments, weft is falling out at ends. Commercial dye. Weft-faced with weft substitution: cicim and zili. 7 picks per inch. I bought it as an example of deterioration of weaving in Saudi Arabia.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rug, accession number 9-23752, described as Rug, mafrash. Weft-faced, poor imitation of Turkish flat-weaves. Gaudy colors, rough work. Cicim and zili. Maroon, beige, yellow, turquoise, green, red, black and white. Made for the purpose of selling. No edge treatments, weft is falling out at ends. Commercial dye. Weft-faced with weft substitution: cicim and zili. 7 picks per inch. I bought it as an example of deterioration of weaving in Saudi Arabia.

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