Artist

Artist Unidentified (Persian)

Title

Sarouk Prayer Rug

Creation Date

1875-1900

Century

late 19th century

Dimensions

77 1/8 in. x 50 1/16 in. (195.82 cm. x 127.16 cm.)

Object Type

textile/natural fiber

Creation Place

Asia, Iran

Medium and Support

blue cotton wefts with magenta colored silk overcasting on cotton foundation

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Susan Dwight Bliss

Copyright

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Accession Number

1954.13

Object Description

pale blue field overlaid with a fawn area with tasseled and wreathed borders, and centering a sapphire blue and fawn oblong medallion, the whole woven with a delicate pattern of angular blue tendrils and small lotus; fawn border of shrubs jeweled with rosettes, and indented with a sapphire blue scallop

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