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Moroccan, Morocco

Blanket or rug, ca. 1910

Description

Maker

  • Unknown

Culture

Moroccan

Title

Blanket or rug

Year

ca. 1910

Medium

Wool plain and twill weave with supplementary weft patterning

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • wool

Techniques

  • plain weave,
  • weft-twining,
  • complementary wefts,
  • dovetailed tapestry,
  • weft substitution

Dimensions

Length: 297.2 cm (117 inches)

Place

Morocco

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Miss Julia Brewster in memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Newton Bosworth

Object Number

43.260

Projects & Publications

Publications

A World of Costume and Textiles

A Handbook of the Collection

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

A World of Costume and Textiles

September 22 - November 12, 1989

Use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in the public domain (CC0 1.0). This object is Blanket or rug with the accession number of 43.260. To request high-resolution files or new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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