Carpet
ca.19th century (made)
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Animal-headed tree in buff, pinky-red, yellow, green and pale blue on a cream ground.
Warp: white silk; Z3S; 24 threads per inch (94 per dm).
Weft: light brown silk; Z3S; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 27 knots per inch (102 per dm).
Pile: silk; 9 colours: red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, light blue, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 324 knots per sq. inch (4794 per sq. dm).
Side finish: one cord oversewn with red wool.
End finish: Lower: incomplete fringe secured with one knot; 2 cm. plainweave with white, orange and yellow silk weft. Upper: 2 cm plainweave with yellow silk and then white silk and a fringe secured with a single knot max. length 2.5 cm.
Design: Field: light green ground with a green tree growing from the bottom. There are many branches, most bearing small red buds (lower half) or mainly red flowers and green leaves (upper half). Above the buds the branches also bear animal heads. The tree trunks end in a large yellow, red and green palmette with dark blue flowers surrounding it and a white flower above.
Main border: red ground with dark blue cartouches containing inscriptions. In between is a flower and leaves on a thin stem. To either side is a white ground stripe with a thin dark blue meander and red flowers and green leaves.
Inner and outer borders: red ground with floral meander on a dark blue and white stem with dark blue/yellow flowers and green leaves.
Warp: white silk; Z3S; 24 threads per inch (94 per dm).
Weft: light brown silk; Z3S; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 27 knots per inch (102 per dm).
Pile: silk; 9 colours: red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, light blue, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 324 knots per sq. inch (4794 per sq. dm).
Side finish: one cord oversewn with red wool.
End finish: Lower: incomplete fringe secured with one knot; 2 cm. plainweave with white, orange and yellow silk weft. Upper: 2 cm plainweave with yellow silk and then white silk and a fringe secured with a single knot max. length 2.5 cm.
Design: Field: light green ground with a green tree growing from the bottom. There are many branches, most bearing small red buds (lower half) or mainly red flowers and green leaves (upper half). Above the buds the branches also bear animal heads. The tree trunks end in a large yellow, red and green palmette with dark blue flowers surrounding it and a white flower above.
Main border: red ground with dark blue cartouches containing inscriptions. In between is a flower and leaves on a thin stem. To either side is a white ground stripe with a thin dark blue meander and red flowers and green leaves.
Inner and outer borders: red ground with floral meander on a dark blue and white stem with dark blue/yellow flowers and green leaves.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk Turkish knotted pile with wool |
| Brief description | Silk carpet, Iran, ca.19th century |
| Physical description | Animal-headed tree in buff, pinky-red, yellow, green and pale blue on a cream ground. Warp: white silk; Z3S; 24 threads per inch (94 per dm). Weft: light brown silk; Z3S; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 27 knots per inch (102 per dm). Pile: silk; 9 colours: red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, light blue, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 324 knots per sq. inch (4794 per sq. dm). Side finish: one cord oversewn with red wool. End finish: Lower: incomplete fringe secured with one knot; 2 cm. plainweave with white, orange and yellow silk weft. Upper: 2 cm plainweave with yellow silk and then white silk and a fringe secured with a single knot max. length 2.5 cm. Design: Field: light green ground with a green tree growing from the bottom. There are many branches, most bearing small red buds (lower half) or mainly red flowers and green leaves (upper half). Above the buds the branches also bear animal heads. The tree trunks end in a large yellow, red and green palmette with dark blue flowers surrounding it and a white flower above. Main border: red ground with dark blue cartouches containing inscriptions. In between is a flower and leaves on a thin stem. To either side is a white ground stripe with a thin dark blue meander and red flowers and green leaves. Inner and outer borders: red ground with floral meander on a dark blue and white stem with dark blue/yellow flowers and green leaves. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscription possibly from the Koran or a poem. (Inscription on border.) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Dame Ada MacNaghten |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.21-1970 |
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| Record created | September 29, 2005 |
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