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Soumak

Caucasian

Medium/Technique Wool
Dimensions 270 x 254 cm (106 5/16 x 100 in.); Legacy dimension: 2.54 x 2.70
Credit Line Gift of Emile Bernat
Accession Number17.2275
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionWarp and weft white wool or goats hair. The ground of the mainfield is dark yellowish-red, the design consists of three large blue diamond shaped forms, detailed with octagons, rosettes, and other geometrical forms. Similar forms are scattered over the mainfield. The geometrical border has a light yellow ground, worked with much blue, red, pink and yellow and smaller quantities of light green, black, and white wool.