Chuval
1800-1850 (made)
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Turcoman, Salor bag face
DESIGN: field: red ground with central band of three large hooked and stepped guls. Within each there is a red ground containing a multi-coloured star within a hooked cruciform. Similar upper and lower bands are partially evident. In two bands off-set to the guls are groups of nine small rectangles stepped diagonally in threes. They are outlined in dark blue and contain white stars.
Main border: dark purple ground with a two-coloured flowerhead set in a small, white horned motif and four florets between each pair.
Inner and outer border: red ground with touching S-motifs: dark blue (inner) blue (outer).
Lower band: immediately above plain weave is a band of reciprocal arrowheads in dark blue/red. The red ones contain a white dot; the dark blue ones contain a red dot.
Upper band: 24 "tree of life" motifs: every 4th one is blue; the others are dark green or dark blue. They bear either red or white blossoms.
DESIGN: field: red ground with central band of three large hooked and stepped guls. Within each there is a red ground containing a multi-coloured star within a hooked cruciform. Similar upper and lower bands are partially evident. In two bands off-set to the guls are groups of nine small rectangles stepped diagonally in threes. They are outlined in dark blue and contain white stars.
Main border: dark purple ground with a two-coloured flowerhead set in a small, white horned motif and four florets between each pair.
Inner and outer border: red ground with touching S-motifs: dark blue (inner) blue (outer).
Lower band: immediately above plain weave is a band of reciprocal arrowheads in dark blue/red. The red ones contain a white dot; the dark blue ones contain a red dot.
Upper band: 24 "tree of life" motifs: every 4th one is blue; the others are dark green or dark blue. They bear either red or white blossoms.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | WARP: white wool; Z2S; 24 threads per inch (91 per dm); depressed.
WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied, check possibly 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 19 knots per inch (71 per dm).
PILE: wool and silk; 11 colours: dark red, red, orange, dark green, dark blue, blue, dark purple, purple (wool), purple (silk), dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 228 knots per sq. inch (3230 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: Left: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. Right: one cord oversewn with dark green wool.
END FINISH: Lower: plain weave with a band of red weft and a band of cream weft; turned and stitched in place. Upper: plain weave with 1" of red and 1" of cream weft; turned and stitched. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Front panel for chuval (nomadic storage bag), wool knotted pile with silk details on wool foundation, geometric design of three octagons (or guls), on red ground, Turkoman Salor, possibly Turkmenistan, Central Asia, 1800-1850 |
| Physical description | Turcoman, Salor bag face DESIGN: field: red ground with central band of three large hooked and stepped guls. Within each there is a red ground containing a multi-coloured star within a hooked cruciform. Similar upper and lower bands are partially evident. In two bands off-set to the guls are groups of nine small rectangles stepped diagonally in threes. They are outlined in dark blue and contain white stars. Main border: dark purple ground with a two-coloured flowerhead set in a small, white horned motif and four florets between each pair. Inner and outer border: red ground with touching S-motifs: dark blue (inner) blue (outer). Lower band: immediately above plain weave is a band of reciprocal arrowheads in dark blue/red. The red ones contain a white dot; the dark blue ones contain a red dot. Upper band: 24 "tree of life" motifs: every 4th one is blue; the others are dark green or dark blue. They bear either red or white blossoms. |
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| Production | Turcoman, Salor. cf: Ulrich Schurmann (1969) p.16 of Intro., figs. 6 and 7 A.A. Bogolynbov (ed. Thompson 1973) ill. 6. "Antique Salor Chuval in wool and silk" and ill. 39 "Old Salor Chuval". Thompson queries both attributions. Siawosch Azadi (1975) ill. 19 "Salor Chuval, 18th or 19th century". Elena Tzareva (1984) ill. 1. "Salor Chuval, 18th century" mentioned and illustrated Hali 1980, Vol.2, No. 4., p.302, 304, 315. "Turkoman Rugs in the V & A". by R. Pinner and M. Franses (intro by Donald King)., tech. analyses by L. Pinner. |
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| Accession number | 2324-1876 |
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| Record created | February 16, 2006 |
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