Carpet
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Prayer carpet of woollen pile.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 20 threads per inch (80 per dm); depressed.
WEFT: dark brown (and dark grey in some places) wool; Z-spun, probably unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (40 per dm).
PILE: wool. 8 colours: red, light red, dark blue, blue, light purple, very light brown, black, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 100 knots per sq. inch (1600 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 4 cords overcast with dark brown hair.
END FINISH: Lower: 5 cms tapestry-woven band of interlocking diagonal blocks of colour above and below which is a black ground with a narrow band of hooked lozenges. In the lower right hand corner there is evidence that the end continued with white weft. Groups of 8 warp ends have been twisted together to form a fringe. Upper: incomplete; one band of hooked lozenges as the lower end and then narrow bands in red, blue and dark brown weft and then evidence of a second band of hooked lozenges.
DESIGN: Field with a squared niche with a very light brown ground. A vertical line of small diagonal coloured blocks extends from near the bottom to near the top where it finishes under a 'capital' in light red and dark blue. Complete and incomplete horizontal lines terminate in flowers with jagged petals in blue and light purple and in light red and black. Within the niche the horizontal lines and flowers are reduced in size. Along the length of the vertical central line there are pairs of brackets. In the field, where the horizontal lines are broken, the outer section also bears a flower. Through the field are scattered geometric and S-motifs, mirrored from left to right. A line of stylised flowerheads surround the main design. The very light brown edge of the field reciprocates with dark blue to form a running dog pattern. On either side of the niche is a rectangular panel with a very light brown ground with 8 and 1/2 bands of botehs, alternating direction.
Dividing these rectangles from the field are three borders:
(1) inner: very light brown ground with a central dark blue stem with pairs of triangles in various colours.
(2) middle: diagonal angular interlocking S-motifs in various colours.
(3) outer: light purple ground with a series of guls quartered in blue and white around a black and red quartered diamond.
There are 2 borders around the entire carpet:
Inner: light purple ground with a central black stem on which there are triangular 2-headed figures.
Outer: narrow band with black ground and small red and light purple S-motifs.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 20 threads per inch (80 per dm); depressed.
WEFT: dark brown (and dark grey in some places) wool; Z-spun, probably unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (40 per dm).
PILE: wool. 8 colours: red, light red, dark blue, blue, light purple, very light brown, black, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 100 knots per sq. inch (1600 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 4 cords overcast with dark brown hair.
END FINISH: Lower: 5 cms tapestry-woven band of interlocking diagonal blocks of colour above and below which is a black ground with a narrow band of hooked lozenges. In the lower right hand corner there is evidence that the end continued with white weft. Groups of 8 warp ends have been twisted together to form a fringe. Upper: incomplete; one band of hooked lozenges as the lower end and then narrow bands in red, blue and dark brown weft and then evidence of a second band of hooked lozenges.
DESIGN: Field with a squared niche with a very light brown ground. A vertical line of small diagonal coloured blocks extends from near the bottom to near the top where it finishes under a 'capital' in light red and dark blue. Complete and incomplete horizontal lines terminate in flowers with jagged petals in blue and light purple and in light red and black. Within the niche the horizontal lines and flowers are reduced in size. Along the length of the vertical central line there are pairs of brackets. In the field, where the horizontal lines are broken, the outer section also bears a flower. Through the field are scattered geometric and S-motifs, mirrored from left to right. A line of stylised flowerheads surround the main design. The very light brown edge of the field reciprocates with dark blue to form a running dog pattern. On either side of the niche is a rectangular panel with a very light brown ground with 8 and 1/2 bands of botehs, alternating direction.
Dividing these rectangles from the field are three borders:
(1) inner: very light brown ground with a central dark blue stem with pairs of triangles in various colours.
(2) middle: diagonal angular interlocking S-motifs in various colours.
(3) outer: light purple ground with a series of guls quartered in blue and white around a black and red quartered diamond.
There are 2 borders around the entire carpet:
Inner: light purple ground with a central black stem on which there are triangular 2-headed figures.
Outer: narrow band with black ground and small red and light purple S-motifs.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woollen pile |
| Brief description | Prayer carpet of woollen pile, Central Asia, 19th century |
| Physical description | Prayer carpet of woollen pile. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 20 threads per inch (80 per dm); depressed. WEFT: dark brown (and dark grey in some places) wool; Z-spun, probably unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (40 per dm). PILE: wool. 8 colours: red, light red, dark blue, blue, light purple, very light brown, black, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 100 knots per sq. inch (1600 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: 4 cords overcast with dark brown hair. END FINISH: Lower: 5 cms tapestry-woven band of interlocking diagonal blocks of colour above and below which is a black ground with a narrow band of hooked lozenges. In the lower right hand corner there is evidence that the end continued with white weft. Groups of 8 warp ends have been twisted together to form a fringe. Upper: incomplete; one band of hooked lozenges as the lower end and then narrow bands in red, blue and dark brown weft and then evidence of a second band of hooked lozenges. DESIGN: Field with a squared niche with a very light brown ground. A vertical line of small diagonal coloured blocks extends from near the bottom to near the top where it finishes under a 'capital' in light red and dark blue. Complete and incomplete horizontal lines terminate in flowers with jagged petals in blue and light purple and in light red and black. Within the niche the horizontal lines and flowers are reduced in size. Along the length of the vertical central line there are pairs of brackets. In the field, where the horizontal lines are broken, the outer section also bears a flower. Through the field are scattered geometric and S-motifs, mirrored from left to right. A line of stylised flowerheads surround the main design. The very light brown edge of the field reciprocates with dark blue to form a running dog pattern. On either side of the niche is a rectangular panel with a very light brown ground with 8 and 1/2 bands of botehs, alternating direction. Dividing these rectangles from the field are three borders: (1) inner: very light brown ground with a central dark blue stem with pairs of triangles in various colours. (2) middle: diagonal angular interlocking S-motifs in various colours. (3) outer: light purple ground with a series of guls quartered in blue and white around a black and red quartered diamond. There are 2 borders around the entire carpet: Inner: light purple ground with a central black stem on which there are triangular 2-headed figures. Outer: narrow band with black ground and small red and light purple S-motifs. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Brigadier W. E. Clark |
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| Accession number | T.74-1969 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2006 |
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