Carpet
19th century (made)
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Small woollen carpet.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 17 threads per inch (60 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 14 knots per inch (56 per dm).
PILE: wool: 6 colours: red, dark blue, blue, pink, brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads; there are 2 symmetrical knots at the end of each row; 119 knots per sq. inch (1680 per sq. dm.
SIDE FINISH: one cord over sewn with blue wool.
END FINISH: lower: 2 cms. plain weave with 2 shoots of red wool, the rest white. Upper: 2.5 cms. plain weave with white wool wefts.
DESIGN: Field: red ground with 10 bands of 4 guls quartered and outlined in dark blue, with the top 3 bands in blue. At the centre of each gul is a red rectangle in a white diamond within a red and blue quartered rectangle that extends in trefoils and a bar into the quarters of pink and white. The blue of the rectangle extends in a fine line horizontally and vertically to form an all over grid. Offset between the guls on a fine brown and white vertical lines is a secondary motif of a blunt hooked cross in blue within a pink stepped lozenge.
Main border: red ground with alternate pink and white octagons each containing a rosette and surrounded by small blue triangles and, on the side borders, abutting each other but along the upper and lower borders divided by a line of diagonal blocks of colour which elsewhere form the guard stripes.
Inner and outer borders: a row of stylised flowers and 2 half rows, all composed of coloured blocks. Along both sides the outermost guard stripe is continued to the end.
Lower and upper band: a red ground with closely-drawn lattice of toothed lines in blue, white and pink; each lozenge created by these lines contains 4 tiny white florets. Above and below this panel is a narrow border of diagonal blocks of colour.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 17 threads per inch (60 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 14 knots per inch (56 per dm).
PILE: wool: 6 colours: red, dark blue, blue, pink, brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads; there are 2 symmetrical knots at the end of each row; 119 knots per sq. inch (1680 per sq. dm.
SIDE FINISH: one cord over sewn with blue wool.
END FINISH: lower: 2 cms. plain weave with 2 shoots of red wool, the rest white. Upper: 2.5 cms. plain weave with white wool wefts.
DESIGN: Field: red ground with 10 bands of 4 guls quartered and outlined in dark blue, with the top 3 bands in blue. At the centre of each gul is a red rectangle in a white diamond within a red and blue quartered rectangle that extends in trefoils and a bar into the quarters of pink and white. The blue of the rectangle extends in a fine line horizontally and vertically to form an all over grid. Offset between the guls on a fine brown and white vertical lines is a secondary motif of a blunt hooked cross in blue within a pink stepped lozenge.
Main border: red ground with alternate pink and white octagons each containing a rosette and surrounded by small blue triangles and, on the side borders, abutting each other but along the upper and lower borders divided by a line of diagonal blocks of colour which elsewhere form the guard stripes.
Inner and outer borders: a row of stylised flowers and 2 half rows, all composed of coloured blocks. Along both sides the outermost guard stripe is continued to the end.
Lower and upper band: a red ground with closely-drawn lattice of toothed lines in blue, white and pink; each lozenge created by these lines contains 4 tiny white florets. Above and below this panel is a narrow border of diagonal blocks of colour.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Woollen carpet |
| Brief description | Woollen carpet, made in Central Asia, 19th century |
| Physical description | Small woollen carpet. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 17 threads per inch (60 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 14 knots per inch (56 per dm). PILE: wool: 6 colours: red, dark blue, blue, pink, brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads; there are 2 symmetrical knots at the end of each row; 119 knots per sq. inch (1680 per sq. dm. SIDE FINISH: one cord over sewn with blue wool. END FINISH: lower: 2 cms. plain weave with 2 shoots of red wool, the rest white. Upper: 2.5 cms. plain weave with white wool wefts. DESIGN: Field: red ground with 10 bands of 4 guls quartered and outlined in dark blue, with the top 3 bands in blue. At the centre of each gul is a red rectangle in a white diamond within a red and blue quartered rectangle that extends in trefoils and a bar into the quarters of pink and white. The blue of the rectangle extends in a fine line horizontally and vertically to form an all over grid. Offset between the guls on a fine brown and white vertical lines is a secondary motif of a blunt hooked cross in blue within a pink stepped lozenge. Main border: red ground with alternate pink and white octagons each containing a rosette and surrounded by small blue triangles and, on the side borders, abutting each other but along the upper and lower borders divided by a line of diagonal blocks of colour which elsewhere form the guard stripes. Inner and outer borders: a row of stylised flowers and 2 half rows, all composed of coloured blocks. Along both sides the outermost guard stripe is continued to the end. Lower and upper band: a red ground with closely-drawn lattice of toothed lines in blue, white and pink; each lozenge created by these lines contains 4 tiny white florets. Above and below this panel is a narrow border of diagonal blocks of colour. |
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| Accession number | T.16-1980 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2006 |
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