Carpet, Caucasian, Floral Kuba
Date18th c. (?)
OriginAsia, Caucasus
MediumWool pile; natural cotton warps and wefts.
Dimensions96" X 200"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1955-110
DescriptionCarpet: ghiordes knot: 66 knots per square inch; two shoots natural cotton wefts after each row of knots. Colors: ground: field-red; border-creamy white; inner guard band-blue and black; outer guard band-creamy white and red. Pattern: white, yellow, pink, red, light blue, dark blue, green. The field has an allover symmetrical pattern of angular floral scrolls bearing large stylized lotus palmettes, large composite rosettes, star-shaped motifs, serrated leaves and bifurcated volutes arranged in several vertical rows. The border is decorated with a series of stems with three branches bearing trefoils. The guard bands have a reciprocal pattern of trefoils.Construction History
1955 - lined, repaired, cleanedInscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenancePrior to 1955, Beshir Galleries (New York); 1955-present, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)
17th or 18th century
Possibly 19th century
18th century
1700-1750?
20th century (probably)
Late 18th or early 19th c.
18th century, possibly
19th century
20th century
18th century
18th century (possibly)