Two Bag Faces

wool; the first worked all in weft-wrapping technique, with grid of star motifs in dark blues, brown, red, mustard yellow, and white, with zig zag border and outer scrolling leaf border (2 ft. 3 in. x 4 ft. 7 in.) (wear all over, loss to edges and fringes, stabilizing stitches add to edges); the second Baluchi, with center field of hooked geometric motifs in brown, red, dark blue, and orange, with borders of compressed hexagons with star motifs, top with slits for strapping (2 ft. 10 in. x 4 ft. 1 in.) (major loss to pile, areas of exposed foundation, wear and loss to edges, fraying).
From the Collection of the late Mr. & Mrs. Paul and Betty Mushak, Durham, North Carolina
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