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1938

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Textile (Near East)

This is a Textile. It is dated 19th century and we acquired it in 1938. Its medium is wool, metallic thread and its technique is plain weave with continuous and discontinuous supplementary weft. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Erskine Hewitt. It is credited Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 335 × 81 cm (10 ft. 11 7/8 in. × 31 7/8 in.)

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Textile (Near East); wool, metallic thread; H x W: 335 × 81 cm (10 ft. 11 7/8 in. × 31 7/8 in.); Bequest of Erskine Hewitt; 1938-57-1258-c

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