Rug Weave

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Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Rug Weave
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Datebefore 1927
MediumWool
DimensionsOverall: 9 3/4 × 6 in. (24.8 × 15.2 cm) Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Carnegie Corporation from the Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Object numberS2024.5.14
Not on view
DescriptionFragment of rug weave in the form of a ghiordes knot.

Additional Details

Provenance The Eliza M. and Sarah L. Niblack Collection
Markings Verso, lower left (black ink stamp): "EX NIBLACK COLLECTION"
Inscribed Verso, top left corner (adhesive label): "14. RUG WEAVE (Ghiordes knot)."
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: late 18th century
Medium: Woven wool
Object number: S2024.5.8
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: c. 1860-1880
Medium: Leather, dyed cotton, wool gold thread, silver thread, fur
Object number: 2023.10.9
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Turkish
Date: 19th-20th century
Medium: Leather, cotton, thread, iron, blue dye
Object number: 2023.10.13
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Scottish
Date: 19th century
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.34
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 19th century
Medium: Embroidered wool on linen
Object number: S2024.5.6
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist
Date: 20th century
Medium: Woven wool, dyed
Object number: 2023.10.17a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 18th century
Medium: a: Embroidered wool b: Velvet
Object number: S2024.5.12a-b
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 19th century
Medium: Woven, dyed wool
Object number: S2024.5.13
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 18th century
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.30
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Date: 1800
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.5.15
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Amelia Blanford Edwards
Date: 400 B.C.E.-150 C.E., excavated 1888
Medium: Wool
Object number: S2024.6.9a-e
Photo by Mark DiOrio.
Unknown artist, Chinese
Date: after 1919
Medium: Silk, cotton
Object number: 2023.10.15