Carpet (1800–1850): Art, History and Details

Carpet (1800–1850) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Nomadic groups, who moved across the grasslands and steppes between the Caucasus regions near the Caspian Sea to Central Asia and China, perfected the making of textiles, carpets, and other movable works of art. Carpets were woven from sheep’s wool to be strong and thick, and served as protection from the elements. This example is decorated with a double geometric sunburst motif.

Object facts

• Title: Carpet
• Date: 1800–1850
• Type: Carpet
• Technique: Undyed wool: ground warp; dark brown wool: ground weft; dyed wool (polychrome): Ghiordes knotted pile
• Dimensions: Overall: 219.4 x 154.9 cm (86 3/8 x 61 in.)
• Collection: Textiles
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1989.473

Collection credit

Gift of Charles and Irma Wilkinson in honor of Evan and Brenda Turner

Further reading listed by the museum

• Diman, Maurice S., Peasant and Nomad Rugs of Asia. New York, 1961. p. 79, ill. p. 63, cat. 19.
• "Year in Review: Selestions 1989," CMA Bulletin 77 n.2 (Feb. 1990): p.77, illus p.70.
• Asia House Gallery, and Maurice Sven Dimand. Peasant and Nomad Rugs of Asia. New York: The Gallery, 1961.

View the collection record

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