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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Carpet made for the 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Aubusson Carpet Manufactories
1839–45
Wool, cotton
84.438
Tapestry-woven Carpet
Aubusson Carpet Manufactories
c. 1820–1830
Wool with silk
B.61.56
Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
mid- 19th–19th century
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 42
B.75.56
Carpet
Unknown Indian
c. 1920–1930
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the right, KPSI: 154
B.75.54
Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
early 20th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 208
B.75.53
Lavar Kerman Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
mid- 19th–late 19th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 224
B.69.535
Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted pile, KPSI: 80
B.75.45
Karabagh Carpet
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1900
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 42
B.75.44
Kuba Carpet Fragment
Unknown Transcaucasian
19th century
Wool (pile and weft) on cotton warp; symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 80
B.76.241
Kuba Carpet Fragment
Unknown Transcaucasian
19th century
Wool (pile and weft) on cotton warp; symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 72
B.76.240
scan from file photograph
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1875
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.75.48
Dragon Carpet
Unknown Central Asian
c. 1700
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 56
B.60.47