Taliban Era Mashad Style World Map Rug
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 778 | Date: Taliban Era | -:- | Size 50 x 70 inches
(127 X178 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 11 h X 17 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Kharghai (Workshop), Other examples of this style | Tribe: Caucasian |
| Mashad Style world map rug. An oval-shaped world map is depicted in the center of the rug on a red field, with an image of the Paghman Lake Arches above and the Mosulem of Gawar Shad (daughter-in-law of Timur) below. A design reminiscent of those from Mashad, Iran flanks each of these pictures capped by the flag of Afghanistan. Above the bottom of these secondary motifs are the words "KABUL-AFGHANiSTAN". Western-like flower designs fill in some of the negative space.
The main border is made up of the world's flags on a grey field with the country names in English beneath each. For exhibition at Miami University, museum hired amish sewers to tack on canvas loops through which dowels could be inserted to hang rugs on wall. |
| Wool: Fine but dry mill spun wool | Sheen: Velvet | Handle: Resilient | Selvedge: One cord midnight blue overcast |
| Fringe: Red tight plain weave, overhand knots, long with groups of seven twisted together. | Pile: 3mm | Warp: Fine long 2S1Z | Weft: grey wool |
| Warp Depression:Minimal to no warp depression | |||
