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A work made of linen, wool and cotton, plain weave with supplementary wrapping wefts forming cut 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

Michigan

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

Textiles

Women artists