From The George Washington University Museum and The Textile Museum

Category: Africa

Carpet Fragment from Egypt

Post author By GW Museum
Post date December 3, 2021

Carpet fragment with central lobed octagonal medallion on a red ground

Carpet fragment, Egypt, Cairo, late 15th/early 16th century. Wool, goat hair?; knotted pile; 240 x 210 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1965.49.1. Museum purchase.

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Mattress or Pillow Fragment from Algeria

Post author By GW Museum
Post date September 10, 2021

Mattress of pillow fragment (detail), Algeria, Algiers, 19th/early 20th century. Linen or cotton, silk; plain weave, embroidery, twill weave; 112 x 47 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1964.9.6. Museum purchase.

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Chessboard Carpet from Egypt

Post author By GW Museum
Post date August 6, 2021

Chessboard carpet, Egypt or Turkey, 16th century. Wool; asymmetrical knotted pile, depressed warps; 207 x 140 cm. The Textile Museum Collection R34.34.3. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1925.

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Akwete Cloth from Nigeria

Post author By GW Museum
Post date July 9, 2021

Akwete cloth; West Africa, Nigeria; Igbo people, c. 1960. Cotton, rayon; plain weave, supplementary weft patterning; 196 x 117 cm. The Textile Museum Collection 1975.15.11. Gift of Ambassador and Mrs. Elbert Matthews.

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Torah Curtain from Egypt

Post author By GW Museum
Post date June 18, 2021

Torah curtain (parochet); Egypt, Cairo; Ottoman empire (1299-1923), early 17th century. Wool; knotted pile, asymmetrical knot; 187 x 156 cm. The Textile Museum Collection R16.4.4. Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1915.