Rug

Museum number:
3-20385
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
2-18889 (previous museum number (recataloged from))
Accession number:
Acc.1015 and Acc.838
Description:
Wool rug. Two loom widths joined. Blue ground with large central diamond in beige, black, blue and white. Geometric and abstract designs in white border around center part of rug. Central diamond contains bits of orange, green, and red. 192 cm by 145 cm. Handspun wool. Weft-faced plainweave. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984. Blair Memorial Collection donated this piece in memory of parents Grace Blair DePue.
Donor:
Clement W. Meighan, Grace Blair DePue, and James Allan Bennyhoff
Collection place:
Chiconcuac de Juárez, State of Mexico, Mexico
Verbatim coll. place:
Mexico; State of Mexico; Chiconcuac att. (attr. by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984)
Culture or time period:
Mexican
Collector:
unknown
Collection date:
before 1945
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1950 and February 19, 1945
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Dimensions:
width 210 centimeters and length 145 centimeters
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Rug, accession number 3-20385, described as Wool rug. Two loom widths joined. Blue ground with large central diamond in beige, black, blue and white. Geometric and abstract designs in white border around center part of rug. Central diamond contains bits of orange, green, and red. 192 cm by 145 cm. Handspun wool. Weft-faced plainweave. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984. Blair Memorial Collection donated this piece in memory of parents Grace Blair DePue.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Rug, accession number 3-20385, described as Wool rug. Two loom widths joined. Blue ground with large central diamond in beige, black, blue and white. Geometric and abstract designs in white border around center part of rug. Central diamond contains bits of orange, green, and red. 192 cm by 145 cm. Handspun wool. Weft-faced plainweave. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984. Blair Memorial Collection donated this piece in memory of parents Grace Blair DePue.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Rug, accession number 3-20385, described as Wool rug. Two loom widths joined. Blue ground with large central diamond in beige, black, blue and white. Geometric and abstract designs in white border around center part of rug. Central diamond contains bits of orange, green, and red. 192 cm by 145 cm. Handspun wool. Weft-faced plainweave. Attributed by Alejandro de Avila Blomberg, Sept. 1984. Blair Memorial Collection donated this piece in memory of parents Grace Blair DePue.

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