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Beshir Carpet
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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.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
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.
Title: Beshir Carpet
Description:
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.
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