Carpet
| Title | Carpet |
|---|---|
| Artist | Caucasus |
| Date | mid–18th/19th century 18th century |
| Medium | Wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as “Ghiordes knots” |
| Classification | textile |
| Origin | Caucasus Caucasus |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Gift of Joseph W. Fell |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Carpet” is a work by Caucasus, dated mid–18th/19th century. It is executed in wool, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut pile through a technique known as “ghiordes knots” and classified as textile. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Catalogued as textile. See other public-domain works in the same medium, all free to download and reuse.
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Dated to mid–18th/19th century. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.
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Recorded origin: Caucasus. Browse more public-domain art from Caucasus.
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Made available through the Art Institute of Chicago open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.
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