textile; floor felt; Keçe

(museum no.1983.37)
Reverse side (museum no.1983.37)
(museum no.1983.37) Reverse side (museum no.1983.37)

Rectangular, brown floor felt (cream on the reverse) ('Keçe') with cream, black, red and pink decoration on both sides. The decoration on the front of the textile consists of centre panel and two borders. The panel is decorated with a lattice pattern created by a dotted, framed line. The diamond-shaped fields are decorated with cruciform motifs with pointed ends. The inner border consists of a dentate pattern with a curved motif either side of each corner. The outer broder is brown. On the reverse the cream rectangular panel is decorated with a felted lattice pattern and dots in red and black. The border consists of a red and a black stripe.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
1983.37
Date
c. 1930
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 67.6378 x 43.1102 in.; 1718 x 1095 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
wool (textile); dye
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
In storage
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