1977.171: Beshir Carpet
Textile Arts
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1977.171
- Title
- Beshir Carpet
- Classification
- Textile Arts
- Work Type
- rug
- Date
- 19th century
- Places
- Creation Place: Central Asia, Afghanistan, Northern Afghanistan
- Culture
- Afghan
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/213286
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Sheep or goat hair
- Technique
- Woven with pile
- Dimensions
- 300 x 118 cm (118 1/8 x 46 7/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Elizabeth Gowing, Harborne W. Stuart, Peggy Coolidge, and the Estate of W.I. Stuart In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby Stuart, Jr.
- Accession Year
- 1977
- Object Number
- 1977.171
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Descriptions
- Description
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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.
Verification Level
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