Carpet known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya"
1798
Accession Number
30627
Medium
Wool, weft-faced warp-rib plain weave with supplementary wrapping weft forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"
Dimensions
197 × 158.4 cm (77 1/2 × 62 3/8 in.)
Classification
textile
Credit Line
Gift of Patricia Downing Lyons, Edward Lyons, Jr., Kenneth McGaughey Lyons, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lyons
