Axminster Carpet Company
"Turkey" or "Turkish" Carpet

ManufacturerEnglish, active 1755 - 1835
CultureEnglish
Titles
  • "Turkey" or "Turkish" Carpet
Datec. 1755–1835
MediumHand-knotted wool
DimensionsOverall: 145 3/4 × 100 in. (370.2 × 254 cm)
Credit LineThe Rienzi Collection, museum purchase with funds provided by the Alice Pratt Brown Museum Fund, and Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Tudor
Object number2013.65
Current Location
Rienzi
Library
On view

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Department
Rienzi
Object Type
Provenance[S Franses Antique Tapestries, Carpets & Textiles, London]; purchased by MFAH, 2013.

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1839–45
Wool, cotton
84.438
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c. 1820–1830
Wool with silk
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c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted pile, KPSI: 80
B.75.45
Karabagh Carpet
c. 1900
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 42
B.75.44
Kuba Carpet Fragment
19th century
Wool (pile and weft) on cotton warp; symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 80
B.76.241
Kuba Carpet Fragment
19th century
Wool (pile and weft) on cotton warp; symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 72
B.76.240
scan from file photograph
c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.75.48
Dragon Carpet
c. 1700
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 56
B.60.47
Carpet
17th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted pile
B.60.94
Kerman Carpet
c. 1910–1920
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.70.19
Shirvan Carpet
c. 1880
Wool (pile, warp and weft); symmetrically knotted pile, KPSI: 81
B.70.17