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A work made of linen, wool, cotton, and saran, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe.

Rug Sample

1950s

Designed by Marianne Strengell Hammarström (Finnish, 1909–1998) United States, Michigan, Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook Academy of Art

Michigan

Linen, wool, cotton, and saran, weft-faced plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut and uncut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots;" knotted warp fringe

Textiles

Women artists