# Carpet known as a "Ryijy" or "Rya"

- By: Finland, Nummi, Hyrsylä
- Date: 1798
- Medium: Wool, weft-faced warp-rib plain weave with supplementary wrapping weft forming cut pile through a technique known as "Ghiordes knots"
- Classification: Textile
- Dimensions: 197 × 158.4 cm (77 1/2 × 62 3/8 in.)
- Culture: Finland
- Credit line: Gift of Patricia Downing Lyons, Edward Lyons, Jr., Kenneth McGaughey Lyons, in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Lyons
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/30627)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/31502d69-5c2b-989c-c5c4-203813355ca4/full/!1072,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)