Rug Sample
Marianne Strengell
1950–1959
- Medium
- Linen, nylon, cotton, wool, modacrylic metallic strip encased in polyester film, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe
- Dimensions
- 43.3 × 52.7 cm (17 × 20 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- textile
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
weaving - carpetwool (textile)Modernismnylonghiordes knotslinen (material)knottingcotton (fiber)Textileplain weaving
