19th century
From Bursa or : Cut, Voided Red and Green Silk Velvet and Metallic Thread. From Bursa or Uskudar.
124 x 59 cm (48 13/16 x 23 1/4 in.)
Silk pile on a foundation of silk warps and cotton and silk wefts
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19th centuryOttomanWool
19th centuryOttomanCut voided red and green silk velvet with silver thread
19th centuryOttomanWarp: 2 Z spun S plied wool; 1 level. Weft: 1 Z spun wool in dark red, orange, undyed brown and yellow; mostly 2 and sometimes 3/4/5 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 Z spun S plied wool. Pile colors: dark red heavily abrashed to light red, dark yellow (heavily abrashed), light green (most likely indigo sulfonic), purple, fuchsine purple (now faded), undyed white, corrosive brown. Knots: symmetrical. Both selvedges: 2 bundles of 2 green warps each. Top end: 1 cm. green tapestry weave, stripped. Top of design is bottom of rug.
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18th-19th centuryOttomanCotton embroidered with silk and metal thread
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18th and 19th centuriesOttomanFiber
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18th-19th centuryOttomanSilk on linen
18th-19th centuryOttoman