wool rug. navy blue ground. decorated with 10 peonies in golden-yellow, red and blue, intertwined with badly faded blue stems and blue, red and golden yellow leaves. short looped fringe on one end; cut fringe on the other. no backing; loom woven the sheared.
Donor:
Estate of G. Eleanore Murray, Estate of Theos C. Bernard, and Theos C. Bernard
Collection place:
Tibet
Verbatim coll. place:
Tibet
Culture or time period:
Tibetan
Collector:
Theos C. Bernard
Materials:
Wool (textile)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Production date:
19th-20th century
Accession date:
March 12, 2004
Context of use:
household
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
width 85 centimeters and length 157 centimeters
Comment:
Rug was cursorily vacuumed (carefully). Some sand was released. Still needs cleaning. J. Goodrich.