Ghiores Prayer Rug
Unknown Turkish, Turkish
about 1850
Wool and dye
Overall: 68 1/2 × 49 3/16 in. (174 × 125 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. George Pettengill Jr., in memory of her sons, George Tilford Pettengill, III (1909-1944), Class of 1932 and William Van Horne Pettengill (1914-1952), Class of 1937
160.46.14595
Geography
Place Made: Eastern Mediterranean, Turkey, West Asia, Asia
Period
19th century
Object Name
Furnishings: Floor Covering
Research Area
West Asia
Not on view
Provenance
Leila Price Pettengill (1887-1977), Washington, D.C.; given to present collection, 1960.
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