Carpet
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Warp: cream wool; Z3S; 10 threads per inch (41 per dm).
Weft: wool (Z2S) and cotton (Z4S); colours: red, dark yellow, dark blue, dark brown, cream; a variety of light browns possibly faded from other dyes; white cotton; 60 threads per inch (276 per dm).
Side finish: returned weft
End Finish: lower end: incomplete; 1.5 cm. band of plain weave with dark yellow wool weft divided by a single band of plain stitch of red alternating with dark yellow with, below, the remains of a knotted fringe 18 cms. max. length of mostly 5 warp threads per knot. Upper: 2.5 cms. band of plain weave in white cotton, divided by a single stitch of red alternating with dark yellow ending in a plait 6.5 cms. long on the right with the suggestion of a similar ending on the left. The warp threads have been twined to produce a secure edge and may then have been whipped.
Design: Field: dark blue ground with fourteen bands of three or two and two half offset floral sprigs on a red base.
Main border: cream ground with stylised floral meander on dark brown stem. A backward-looking bird is placed in the corners.
Inner and outer border: light brown (faded) ground with flowerheads in a variety of colours separated by dark brown Xs.
NB: in the lowest 26 cms. of the borders and across the lowest border, dark blue has been used for what elsewhere is woven in dark brown.
Weft: wool (Z2S) and cotton (Z4S); colours: red, dark yellow, dark blue, dark brown, cream; a variety of light browns possibly faded from other dyes; white cotton; 60 threads per inch (276 per dm).
Side finish: returned weft
End Finish: lower end: incomplete; 1.5 cm. band of plain weave with dark yellow wool weft divided by a single band of plain stitch of red alternating with dark yellow with, below, the remains of a knotted fringe 18 cms. max. length of mostly 5 warp threads per knot. Upper: 2.5 cms. band of plain weave in white cotton, divided by a single stitch of red alternating with dark yellow ending in a plait 6.5 cms. long on the right with the suggestion of a similar ending on the left. The warp threads have been twined to produce a secure edge and may then have been whipped.
Design: Field: dark blue ground with fourteen bands of three or two and two half offset floral sprigs on a red base.
Main border: cream ground with stylised floral meander on dark brown stem. A backward-looking bird is placed in the corners.
Inner and outer border: light brown (faded) ground with flowerheads in a variety of colours separated by dark brown Xs.
NB: in the lowest 26 cms. of the borders and across the lowest border, dark blue has been used for what elsewhere is woven in dark brown.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | weaving, cotton and wool |
| Brief description | 1800s, Persian; Sehna, kelim |
| Physical description | Warp: cream wool; Z3S; 10 threads per inch (41 per dm). Weft: wool (Z2S) and cotton (Z4S); colours: red, dark yellow, dark blue, dark brown, cream; a variety of light browns possibly faded from other dyes; white cotton; 60 threads per inch (276 per dm). Side finish: returned weft End Finish: lower end: incomplete; 1.5 cm. band of plain weave with dark yellow wool weft divided by a single band of plain stitch of red alternating with dark yellow with, below, the remains of a knotted fringe 18 cms. max. length of mostly 5 warp threads per knot. Upper: 2.5 cms. band of plain weave in white cotton, divided by a single stitch of red alternating with dark yellow ending in a plait 6.5 cms. long on the right with the suggestion of a similar ending on the left. The warp threads have been twined to produce a secure edge and may then have been whipped. Design: Field: dark blue ground with fourteen bands of three or two and two half offset floral sprigs on a red base. Main border: cream ground with stylised floral meander on dark brown stem. A backward-looking bird is placed in the corners. Inner and outer border: light brown (faded) ground with flowerheads in a variety of colours separated by dark brown Xs. NB: in the lowest 26 cms. of the borders and across the lowest border, dark blue has been used for what elsewhere is woven in dark brown. |
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| Object history | Purchased with 320 and 321 from Mirza Ysuff Khan, 32 Coptic Street, London. |
| Production | Flatweave carpet; slit kilim technique. NB: described as hung |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 322-1896 |
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| Record created | August 25, 2005 |
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