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"Star Variant carpet", top end fragment.
Star Varient Ushak carpet fragment
"Star Variant carpet", top end fragment.
"Star Variant carpet", top end fragment.
Museum of International Folk Art; Gift of the Lloyd E. Cotsen and Neutrogena Corporation Collection. Photographs by Pat Pollard.

Star Varient Ushak carpet fragment

Maker Ushak
Date16th century or earlier
Place madeMiddle East, Asia
MediumWool on a wool foundation
Dimensions74 × 30 in. (187.9604 × 76.2002 cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.843
Object numberA.1995.93.843
Description"Star Variant carpet", top end fragment; colors are red, blues, brown, tan; pile rug made of wool. See attached notes from Michael Francis in hard record.
On View
Not on view
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