Fostat rug fragment with birds motif, early 15th century, published at Carl Johan Lamm, "Carpet Fragments"

A rug fragment with birds motifs, early 15th century (1400s), Turkey or Caucasus. Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts), Stockholm, Sweden

Size: 38.5x22cm

NM 228/1939

Weft: red, wool, 2 shots

Knots: 31V x 26H, 806 pdm2 (52 psi), (offset knotting technique?)

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 14

Found in Fostat, Egypt.