Early pile rug fragment, Anatolia or Syria. 1300-1400. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm

Size: 10 x 12 cm

NM 225/1939

Warps: wool, 2 ply, s twist

Weft: light brown red wool, 1 ply, z spun, 2 shots

Knots: symmetrical, double Z spun wool yarns.

Knots: 34V x 24H per sq dm

Published: Carl Johan Lamm, Carpet Fragments, plate 37, Uddevalla, Sweden, 1985

Found in Fostat, Egypt