Double Saddle Bag (Heybe)

Unknown maker

Medium: Wool (warp and weft); copper coated with brass metal strip wrapped around cotton core (weft); slit tapestry (kilim), weft-faced plain weave, diagonal ridge sumak outline, closure in oblique plaiting, and plaited warp fringe (front); weft-faced plain weave (back)
Dimensions: H. 44 1/2 in. (113 cm) W. 23 3/4 in. (60.3 cm)
Department: Islamic Art
Classification: Textiles-Woven
Dated: ca. 1880
Pixels: 4000 × 2255
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Double Saddle Bag (Heybe). ca. 1880. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.