Carpet
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
19th century single niche carpet
WARP: white and light brown wool plied together; Z3S; 16 threads per inch (64 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton: Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (41 per dm).
PILE: wool and silk (in upper part of field only); 13 colours: dark red, red (wool and silk), yellow, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue (wool and silk), dark pink (silk), dark brown, brown, black, cream (silk), white; symmetrical knotted around two threads; 80 knots per sq. inch (1312 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with white cotton.
END FINISH; Lower: plain weave 1 cm white cotton weft and 1 cm dark red wool weft; incomplete fringe, max. 6 cms. with at least 5 rows of off-set knotting. Upper: plain weave 1 cm. white cotton, 1 cm. red wool and 4 passes of light blue wool. Fringe as Lower end.
DESIGN: Field: white ground with a dark blue lattice outlined in red and yellow centred, dark blue crosses as links. This creates hexagonal frames for bands of a variety of stylised floral sprigs. Tiny stars and small botehs and diamonds fill the part frames along the side. The pattern extends into the 5-sided angular niche and reappears in both spandrels. In the uppermost enclosed sprigs in the niche and spandrels the topmost flower has been knotted in silk. The niche is outlined with a border with a dark blue ground with a line of flowerheads in the form of crosses (2 are worked in silk) and 4 lozenges (3 in silk). A half Z-motif in light green separates the flowers.
Borders: described from the centre outwards:
(1) reciprocal diamond heads in red and light green.
(2) as niche border; along the sides are added tiny white and red crossed; in the upper border the half Z-motifs become complete S-motifs.
(3) red ground with angular S-motifs with terminals ending in a pair of triangles, and with a cross bar. Upper and lower border include facing pairs of triangles.
(4) as (2) except there are no half Z-motifs.
Note: there is a fault line across lower third of design - the width of the patterns have been reduced (but not in borders 3 and 4).
WARP: white and light brown wool plied together; Z3S; 16 threads per inch (64 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton: Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (41 per dm).
PILE: wool and silk (in upper part of field only); 13 colours: dark red, red (wool and silk), yellow, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue (wool and silk), dark pink (silk), dark brown, brown, black, cream (silk), white; symmetrical knotted around two threads; 80 knots per sq. inch (1312 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with white cotton.
END FINISH; Lower: plain weave 1 cm white cotton weft and 1 cm dark red wool weft; incomplete fringe, max. 6 cms. with at least 5 rows of off-set knotting. Upper: plain weave 1 cm. white cotton, 1 cm. red wool and 4 passes of light blue wool. Fringe as Lower end.
DESIGN: Field: white ground with a dark blue lattice outlined in red and yellow centred, dark blue crosses as links. This creates hexagonal frames for bands of a variety of stylised floral sprigs. Tiny stars and small botehs and diamonds fill the part frames along the side. The pattern extends into the 5-sided angular niche and reappears in both spandrels. In the uppermost enclosed sprigs in the niche and spandrels the topmost flower has been knotted in silk. The niche is outlined with a border with a dark blue ground with a line of flowerheads in the form of crosses (2 are worked in silk) and 4 lozenges (3 in silk). A half Z-motif in light green separates the flowers.
Borders: described from the centre outwards:
(1) reciprocal diamond heads in red and light green.
(2) as niche border; along the sides are added tiny white and red crossed; in the upper border the half Z-motifs become complete S-motifs.
(3) red ground with angular S-motifs with terminals ending in a pair of triangles, and with a cross bar. Upper and lower border include facing pairs of triangles.
(4) as (2) except there are no half Z-motifs.
Note: there is a fault line across lower third of design - the width of the patterns have been reduced (but not in borders 3 and 4).
Object details
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| Brief description | Caucasian |
| Physical description | 19th century single niche carpet WARP: white and light brown wool plied together; Z3S; 16 threads per inch (64 per dm). WEFT: white cotton: Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (41 per dm). PILE: wool and silk (in upper part of field only); 13 colours: dark red, red (wool and silk), yellow, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue (wool and silk), dark pink (silk), dark brown, brown, black, cream (silk), white; symmetrical knotted around two threads; 80 knots per sq. inch (1312 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with white cotton. END FINISH; Lower: plain weave 1 cm white cotton weft and 1 cm dark red wool weft; incomplete fringe, max. 6 cms. with at least 5 rows of off-set knotting. Upper: plain weave 1 cm. white cotton, 1 cm. red wool and 4 passes of light blue wool. Fringe as Lower end. DESIGN: Field: white ground with a dark blue lattice outlined in red and yellow centred, dark blue crosses as links. This creates hexagonal frames for bands of a variety of stylised floral sprigs. Tiny stars and small botehs and diamonds fill the part frames along the side. The pattern extends into the 5-sided angular niche and reappears in both spandrels. In the uppermost enclosed sprigs in the niche and spandrels the topmost flower has been knotted in silk. The niche is outlined with a border with a dark blue ground with a line of flowerheads in the form of crosses (2 are worked in silk) and 4 lozenges (3 in silk). A half Z-motif in light green separates the flowers. Borders: described from the centre outwards: (1) reciprocal diamond heads in red and light green. (2) as niche border; along the sides are added tiny white and red crossed; in the upper border the half Z-motifs become complete S-motifs. (3) red ground with angular S-motifs with terminals ending in a pair of triangles, and with a cross bar. Upper and lower border include facing pairs of triangles. (4) as (2) except there are no half Z-motifs. Note: there is a fault line across lower third of design - the width of the patterns have been reduced (but not in borders 3 and 4). |
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| Production | mentioned in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A" by M Franses & R Pinner (intro by Donald King). Hali 1980 Vol. 3., No. 2, p.105,114 cf: Bennett (1981 ill.432."... resembles.. Marsali rugs. I would certainly posit a Shirvan origin...second half of the 19th c." Schurmann (1964) ill. 319 "Dagestan". referred to in "Azerbaijani Carpets in the V & A" by Latif Kerimov, publ. International Symposium, Baku, 1983, p.23, plate 15. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 406-1880 |
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| Record created | October 20, 2005 |
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