Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)

Unknown Artist

ca. 1800–25

Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin) by Unknown Artist

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

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