Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)
Unknown Artist
ca. 1800–25
Medium
Wool (warp, ground weft, and sumak weft) and goat(?) hair (black braided loop); sumak extra-weft wrapping and slit tapestry (kilim) weave (front); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in supplementary continuous weft and braided loop closures (back)
Dimensions
H. 48 1/4 in. (122.6 cm) W. 21 3/4 in. (55.2 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Woven-Brocade
Department
Islamic Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Inger G. and William B. Ginsberg, 2015
Accession Number
2015.490.24