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Rug fragment
1850–99
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Dyed worsted yarn woven over a surface weft. There is a bottom weft and two filler warps held together by "chains." Design consists of all-over repeat of informal polychrome floral and leaf designs with red and green predominating and open areas of the light brown ground.
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Details
- Title: Rug fragment
- Date Created: 1850–99
- Location Created: USA
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: wool, jute Technique: worsted and machine-made cut tapestry pile
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. William A. Hutcheson
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