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Rug
Retailed by: Ilums Bolighus (Danish department store)
Portuguese, for Danish market
about 1960–65
Object Place: Portugal, for Danish market
Medium/Technique
Cotton(?) plain weave with knotted wool pile and supplementary weft
Dimensions
120 x 120 cm (47 1/4 x 47 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Saul and Gitta Kurlat
Accession Number2001.681
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsContemporary Art, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionSquare rug with geometric pattern of concentric squares and circles in short black and longer white knotted pile, centered on a circle woven with a red supplementary weft.
ProvenancePurchased by Saul and Gitta Kurlat in early 1960s from Ilums Bolighus (department store) in Copenhagen, Denmark; gift to MFA, September 26, 2001.