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Double Flour Bag

Title	Double Flour Bag
Publication Date:	ca. 1900
Publication Place	From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe -
Subject	Islamic Art
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	H. 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm) W. 43 in. (109.2 cm)
Library:	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Library Asset ID	2015.490.8
Record ID	681553
Library Location	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date	ca. 1900
Notes	Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg, 2015 — From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe
Malzeme	Wool (warp, ground weft, sumak weft, and pile) and goat(?) hair (braided loops); sumak extra-weft wrapping, tapestry (kilim) with dovetailing, and border pattern in complementary weft weave (front); symmetrically knotted pile (top and bottom edges); weft-faced plain weave with two areas of pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping with twined and braided loop closures (back)

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Double Flour Bag

Publication Date ca. 1900

Publication Place From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe -

Subject Islamic Art

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions H. 57 1/2 in. (146.1 cm) W. 43 in. (109.2 cm)

Library The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Library Asset ID 2015.490.8

Record ID 681553

Library Location Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date ca. 1900

Notes Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg, 2015 — From Western Iran, Bakhtiari tribe

Malzeme Wool (warp, ground weft, sumak weft, and pile) and goat(?) hair (braided loops); sumak extra-weft wrapping, tapestry (kilim) with dovetailing, and border pattern in complementary weft weave (front); symmetrically knotted pile (top and bottom edges); weft-faced plain weave with two areas of pattern in sumak extra-weft wrapping with twined and braided loop closures (back)