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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1977.139
Title
Bag, Panel from a Cargo Bag
Classification
Textile Arts
Work Type
rug
Date
19th century
Places
Creation Place: Middle East, Iran, Western Iran
Culture
Azerbaijan
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/214688

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Warp: tightly wound 2 ply undyed white wool. Structural weft: 1 ply Z spun. Decorative (soumak) weft: all 2 Z spun S ply. Colors: yellow, red, blue, dark blue, green, white, undyed brown, aubergine, orange. Countered soumak: light and dark red, aubergine, orange, yellow, light and dark blue. Mildly corrosive brown. 78 rows soumak per vertical decimeter. 72 decorative warps per horizontal decimeter. Both selvedges: 1 bundle of 3 warps wrapped in red brocading. Top end: 3.5 cm. slit tapestry kilim with 1 cm. brocade wefts, doubled (to 4 ply). Bottom end: cut. Which is top and which is bottom is unclear.
Technique
Woven, soumak
Dimensions
60.96 x 58.42 cm (24 x 23 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 H. Stuart, Jr.
Accession Year
1977
Object Number
1977.139
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
One of the long panels from a 5 paneled cargo bag. Shahsavan soumak.

Publication History

  • Walter B. Denny, Oriental Rugs, Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C, 1979), p. 72, fig. 46

Verification Level

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