Carpet
19th century (made)
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Caucasian carpet of wool with stepped medallions in dark blue, filled with coloured, stylised rosettes, linked in staggered rows on a wine-red ground. Border of naturalistic flower bunches on black background. Guard stripes have angular meanders of a mid-blue ground.
Warp: white wool; Z2S; 16-17 threads per inch (62-67 per dm).
Weft: white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots of weft after each row of knots; 8-9 knots per inch (34-38 per dm).
Pile: wool; 17 colours: dark red, orange, light orange, dark yellow, light yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, light purple, pink, brown, light brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; average of 70 knots per sq. inch (average of 1163 per sq. dm).
Side finish: 3 cords overcast with shades of brown wool.
End finish: Both: 3 cm plain weave with white cotton turned and stitched in place.
Design: Field: dark blue ground filled with multi-coloured rosettes and geometric motifs; these lie beneath a vertical broad dark red band outlined in blue which extends towards the sides five times. Within each of these crosses is a serrated dark blue medallion, also with rosettes, that extends sideways and lengthways to link the five together.
Main border: black ground with red or pink fruit-like blossoms and leaves.
Inner and outer borders: blue ground with angular floral meander.
Warp: white wool; Z2S; 16-17 threads per inch (62-67 per dm).
Weft: white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots of weft after each row of knots; 8-9 knots per inch (34-38 per dm).
Pile: wool; 17 colours: dark red, orange, light orange, dark yellow, light yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, light purple, pink, brown, light brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; average of 70 knots per sq. inch (average of 1163 per sq. dm).
Side finish: 3 cords overcast with shades of brown wool.
End finish: Both: 3 cm plain weave with white cotton turned and stitched in place.
Design: Field: dark blue ground filled with multi-coloured rosettes and geometric motifs; these lie beneath a vertical broad dark red band outlined in blue which extends towards the sides five times. Within each of these crosses is a serrated dark blue medallion, also with rosettes, that extends sideways and lengthways to link the five together.
Main border: black ground with red or pink fruit-like blossoms and leaves.
Inner and outer borders: blue ground with angular floral meander.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Knotted woollen pile, with cotton |
| Brief description | Woollen carpet runner, Caucasus, Russia, 19th century |
| Physical description | Caucasian carpet of wool with stepped medallions in dark blue, filled with coloured, stylised rosettes, linked in staggered rows on a wine-red ground. Border of naturalistic flower bunches on black background. Guard stripes have angular meanders of a mid-blue ground. Warp: white wool; Z2S; 16-17 threads per inch (62-67 per dm). Weft: white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots of weft after each row of knots; 8-9 knots per inch (34-38 per dm). Pile: wool; 17 colours: dark red, orange, light orange, dark yellow, light yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, light purple, pink, brown, light brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; average of 70 knots per sq. inch (average of 1163 per sq. dm). Side finish: 3 cords overcast with shades of brown wool. End finish: Both: 3 cm plain weave with white cotton turned and stitched in place. Design: Field: dark blue ground filled with multi-coloured rosettes and geometric motifs; these lie beneath a vertical broad dark red band outlined in blue which extends towards the sides five times. Within each of these crosses is a serrated dark blue medallion, also with rosettes, that extends sideways and lengthways to link the five together. Main border: black ground with red or pink fruit-like blossoms and leaves. Inner and outer borders: blue ground with angular floral meander. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Dame Ada MacNaghten |
| Production | Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 95, 101, 114 cf: Bennett (1981) illus. 135 "Lampa - Karabagh, late 19th/early 20th century". NB. minor borders and a V & A reference - also to illus. 124. Schurmann (1974) illus. 32, "Karabagh... probably produced in Channik". NB. minor border; illus. 40, Karabagh, Shusha, NB. minor borders. Kerimov and others (1984) illus. 4. "Achma - Yumma, from Shusha, early 20th century". ["achma" and "yumma" translated as 'open' and 'closed'] Received from Dama Ada Manaughten (deceased) via. Pickering, Kenyon & Co., 6 Stone Buildings, Lincoln's Inn, WC2 Bequest RP 69/3074A |
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| Accession number | T.30-1970 |
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| Record created | February 2, 2006 |
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