110 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Rug. Predominantly white with black stripes at selvage and beige camel at center. Black and beige bordered with thin red and black stripes. Narrow 3/4" stripe in center of each panel of saha with simple black and white designs. Weft twining is interspersed with plain weave in warm colors and green bordered in black. The shapes created are rectangular and "wing," janah, which consist of a diamond shape with a triangle on each side of it. The technique of twining around 2 bundles at a time creates a jagged effect, quite dramatic. All designs in triangle and diamond lozenges. Ends plied and braided. 2 strips sewn together with tight faggotting stitches in variety of colors. S-ply. Plain 0 weave, saha pickup, and weft. 14 EPI. Commercial dye used. Vendor in Syria says it's like Shammar work and could be Syrian.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia. Shop of Ahmed Al Subai
Culture or time period:
Bedouin and Syrians
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
December 3, 1992
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 30 inches and whole— length 144 inches