Early pile rug fragment, Anatolia, Syria or Egypt. XIV-XV centuries. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Size: 17.5 x 22 cm

NM 231/1939

Weft: light brown red wool, 4 shots

Knots: asymmetrical, 2 ply, 21V x 21H (441 knots per square dm/28 psi)

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 19, Uddevalla, Sweden, 1985

Found in Fostat, Egypt