"Turkey" or "Turkish" Carpet
Manufacturer
Axminster Carpet Company(English, active 1755 - 1835)English, 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
RienziObject Type
Published References The carpet is unpublished, but for similar works, please see: Sarah B. Sherrill, Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America (New York: Abbeville Press, 1995), pl. 14, 15, 217, 217-219, 268-69. Marta Ajmar-Wollheim and Flora Dennis, eds., At Home in Renaissance Italy (London: V&A Publications, 2006), pp.315-17.
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Aubusson Carpet Manufactories
1839–45
Wool, cotton
84.438
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1910–1920
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted open to the left, KSPI: 266
B.70.19
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1880
Wool (pile, warp and weft); symmetrically knotted pile, KPSI: 81
B.70.17
Unknown Transcaucasian
19th century
Wool (pile and weft) on cotton warp; symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 80
B.54.33
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1900
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 48
B.79.268
Unknown Indian
early 20th century
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); asymmetrically knotted, KPSI: 156
B.79.278
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1850–1870
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 88
B.82.22
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
c. 1870
Wool (pile) on cotton (warp and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 121
B.75.52
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
19th century
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 80
B.75.50
Unknown North African, Middle Eastern, and Near Eastern
late 18th century
Wool (pile, warp, and weft); symmetrically knotted, KPSI: 81
B.75.49