Carpet Fragment
1800-1875
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Warp: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 20 threads per inch (81 per dm).
Weft: light brown cotton; Z2S; 2 parallel threads per shoot and 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (48 per dm).
Pile: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, yellow, light green, blue/green, dark blue, blue, black, cream; asymmetrical knot, open to the left and tied round 2 warp threads; 120 knots per sq. inch (1944 per sq. dm).
Side finish: right-hand side has returned weft over one cord. Left-hand side is cut.
End finish: both ends are cut.
Design:
Main border: dark blue ground with part of stylised floral pattern. The larger element has a dark red ground and the second element has cream ground. Some evidence of smaller floral meander.
Inner border: cream ground with floral meander with dark blue leaves; larger flowers are red and smaller are light blue.
Outer border: light green ground with dark red cartouche linked to dark and light blue flowerheads.
Weft: light brown cotton; Z2S; 2 parallel threads per shoot and 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (48 per dm).
Pile: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, yellow, light green, blue/green, dark blue, blue, black, cream; asymmetrical knot, open to the left and tied round 2 warp threads; 120 knots per sq. inch (1944 per sq. dm).
Side finish: right-hand side has returned weft over one cord. Left-hand side is cut.
End finish: both ends are cut.
Design:
Main border: dark blue ground with part of stylised floral pattern. The larger element has a dark red ground and the second element has cream ground. Some evidence of smaller floral meander.
Inner border: cream ground with floral meander with dark blue leaves; larger flowers are red and smaller are light blue.
Outer border: light green ground with dark red cartouche linked to dark and light blue flowerheads.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, Khurasan, Iran, possibly 1800-1875 |
| Physical description | Warp: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 20 threads per inch (81 per dm). Weft: light brown cotton; Z2S; 2 parallel threads per shoot and 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (48 per dm). Pile: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, yellow, light green, blue/green, dark blue, blue, black, cream; asymmetrical knot, open to the left and tied round 2 warp threads; 120 knots per sq. inch (1944 per sq. dm). Side finish: right-hand side has returned weft over one cord. Left-hand side is cut. End finish: both ends are cut. Design: Main border: dark blue ground with part of stylised floral pattern. The larger element has a dark red ground and the second element has cream ground. Some evidence of smaller floral meander. Inner border: cream ground with floral meander with dark blue leaves; larger flowers are red and smaller are light blue. Outer border: light green ground with dark red cartouche linked to dark and light blue flowerheads. |
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| Object history | Given by Messrs. Myers & Son. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 11A-1883 |
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| Record created | August 20, 2007 |
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