Double Saddle Bag (Khorjin)

Saddle bag · Northwestern Iran or Azerbaijan · ca. 1800–25. Wool (warp, ground weft, and sumak weft) and goat(?) hair (black braided loop); sumak extra-weft wrapping and slit tapestry (kilim) weave (front); weft-faced plain weave with pattern in supplementary continuous weft and braided loop closures (back). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Islamic Art.