Carpet
18th/19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
18th/19th century Turkish (Caucasian?)
WARP: white and brown wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (70 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton; Z2S; 4 shoots after each row of knots; 8 knots per inch (30 per dm).
PILE: wool; 10 colours: red, yellow, light yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 72 knots per sq. inch (1050 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: missing but evidence along upper left hand side of returned weft with no special side finish.
END FINISH: missing
DESIGN: very badly worn. White ground with an angular design in 2 rows with predominantly red stems.
Main border: black ground with light blue blossoms.
Inner border: reciprocal red/blue triangles.
Outer border: reciprocal red/light yellow triangles.
WARP: white and brown wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (70 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton; Z2S; 4 shoots after each row of knots; 8 knots per inch (30 per dm).
PILE: wool; 10 colours: red, yellow, light yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 72 knots per sq. inch (1050 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: missing but evidence along upper left hand side of returned weft with no special side finish.
END FINISH: missing
DESIGN: very badly worn. White ground with an angular design in 2 rows with predominantly red stems.
Main border: black ground with light blue blossoms.
Inner border: reciprocal red/blue triangles.
Outer border: reciprocal red/light yellow triangles.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Turkish |
| Physical description | 18th/19th century Turkish (Caucasian?) WARP: white and brown wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (70 per dm). WEFT: white cotton; Z2S; 4 shoots after each row of knots; 8 knots per inch (30 per dm). PILE: wool; 10 colours: red, yellow, light yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 72 knots per sq. inch (1050 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: missing but evidence along upper left hand side of returned weft with no special side finish. END FINISH: missing DESIGN: very badly worn. White ground with an angular design in 2 rows with predominantly red stems. Main border: black ground with light blue blossoms. Inner border: reciprocal red/blue triangles. Outer border: reciprocal red/light yellow triangles. |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.12-1945 |
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| Record created | March 23, 2006 |
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