Medium: Wool
Place Made: Transcaucasus
Dates: 1856
Dimensions: 55 1/2 x 33 1/2 in. (141 x 85.1 cm)
Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 84.140.9
Credit Line: Bequest of Mrs. Joseph V. McMullan, gift of the Beaupre
Charitable Trust in memory of Joseph V. McMullan
Image: Overall, 84.140.9.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Catalogue Description: Central field: off-white with rows of repeating
floral elements in red, light blue, and darker blue. Borders (inner to
outer): #1 - narrow, light blue with red edge; #2 - teal blue with red and
white, blue, red and dark blue, and light blue with pink flowers; #3 - light
blue with dark blue lozenges; #4 - red ground with pink pseudo-kufic and
blue flowers; #5 - same as no. 3 with yellow edge, woven fringe. 184 knots
per square inch
Brooklyn Museum,
Collections: Arts of the Islamic World
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