Rug

Museum number:
9-23714
Permalink:
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Alternate number:
14 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4812
Description:
Rug, mafrash. Two panel piece with 'weirjan and mithkar patterns, ladder pattern, and plain stripes. Base color maroon with dark blue, crimson, accents of white, with black selvedge. Sewn together with faggotting in two color pairs. Nothing done with fringes. One edge is short and worn, the other is 6" long and in okay condition. Faggotting nicely done. S-ply. Dye probably some plant dyes. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution. 15 EPI thread count per inch.
Donor:
Joy Hilden
Collection place:
Hofuf, Eastern province, Saudi Arabia
Verbatim coll. place:
Bought in yard sale at UPM from Deemers. They bought it in Hofuf.
Culture or time period:
Bedouin
Collector:
Joy Hilden
Collection date:
1982
Materials:
Wool yarn
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rugs (textiles)
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
October 15, 2019
Department:
Asia (except western Russia)
Dimensions:
whole— length 72 inches, whole— length 83 inches, whole— width 47 inches, and whole— width 47 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 3 titled Rug, accession number 9-23714, described as Rug, mafrash. Two panel piece with 'weirjan and mithkar patterns, ladder pattern, and plain stripes. Base color maroon with dark blue, crimson, accents of white, with black selvedge. Sewn together with faggotting in two color pairs. Nothing done with fringes. One edge is short and worn, the other is 6" long and in okay condition. Faggotting nicely done. S-ply. Dye probably some plant dyes. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution. 15 EPI thread count per inch.Hearst Museum object 2 of 3 titled Rug, accession number 9-23714, described as Rug, mafrash. Two panel piece with 'weirjan and mithkar patterns, ladder pattern, and plain stripes. Base color maroon with dark blue, crimson, accents of white, with black selvedge. Sewn together with faggotting in two color pairs. Nothing done with fringes. One edge is short and worn, the other is 6" long and in okay condition. Faggotting nicely done. S-ply. Dye probably some plant dyes. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution. 15 EPI thread count per inch.Hearst Museum object 3 of 3 titled Rug, accession number 9-23714, described as Rug, mafrash. Two panel piece with 'weirjan and mithkar patterns, ladder pattern, and plain stripes. Base color maroon with dark blue, crimson, accents of white, with black selvedge. Sewn together with faggotting in two color pairs. Nothing done with fringes. One edge is short and worn, the other is 6" long and in okay condition. Faggotting nicely done. S-ply. Dye probably some plant dyes. Warp-faced plain weave with warp substitution. 15 EPI thread count per inch.

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