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Beshir Carpet

Beshir Carpet

Textile ArtsAfghan19th century

Beshir Carpet

19th century

Description

Beshir (w ersari) Compartments with 8 petal flowers in diamond shaped lozenge. Warp: 2 Z spun S plied light brown, white and dark brown sheep or goat hair. Weft I: sheep or goat hair. brown, white, dark brown. 2 shoots, some 3 = 2 parallel plus 1. Pile: wool. 2 Z spun plied S. Red, undyed white, undyed brown, blue cabrashe, dark and light, blue, green yellow. Edges: flat selvedge, 3 bundles of 2 wrapped in coarse dark brown goat hair.

Classification

Textile Arts

Technique

Woven with pile

Medium

Sheep or goat hair

Culture

Afghan

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

300 x 118 cm (118 1/8 x 46 7/16 in.)

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