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Medallion carpet, SHIRWAN
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Medallion carpet, SHIRWAN

1850 - 1900 · Ghiordesknoop; wool

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Medallion rug, Shirwan. Central field: stone red ground with three octagonal medallions surrounded by long hooks, one between two dark blue, filled with flowers and branches with hook motifs. In each medallion a small stone red octagon with starflower in light green and blue-green. Field filling of large and small star shapes and rosette flowers. Borders: triple. The middle is white with linked bordered octagons in many shades of yellow, blue and red. This border is framed in a black and a red braid with white S-shapes and this again inside blue/black and white/black block bands.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineMedaillonkleed, SHIRWAN. 1850 - 1900. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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