Front face of a Bedding bag for a baby or storage, Azerbaijan, with Peacock motif

DepartmentTextiles-Europe

mafrash

NameBag face

Artist Artist unrecorded

Datec. 1900

Place madeAzerbaijan, Europe

MediumWool

Dimensions23 × 22 in. (58.4201 × 55.8801 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.727

Object numberA.1995.93.727

Collections

The Lloyd Cotsen & Neutrogena Collection

Description3 horizontal bands, each filled with 3 bird motifs, and very abstract animal shapes. The 3 bands are separated by narrow rows of star shapes. (Peacock design.) colors are blue, rted, white and gold; made in a "soumac" (?) or weft-wrapped technique.