Name of Object:

Rug

Location:

Algiers, Algeria

Holding Institution:

Musée Public National des Antiquités

 About National Museum of Antiquities and Islamic Art, Algiers

Date of Object:

19th century

Author:

Collection Luce Ben Aben

Inventory Number:

II.T.121

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Woven wool; knotted-pile carpeting

Dimensions:

1.91 x 1.22 cm

Provenance:

Algiers

Description:

This knotted-pile carpet is an example of a typical Anatolian rug, decorated with a mihrab, surrounded by three different borders. It features floral and geometric patterns in red, yellow, green and blue.

Citation of this web page:

Houria Cherid "Rug " in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;dz;5;en

Prepared by: Houria Cherid
Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: DZ 020