Saddle Bag
1850-1875
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| Place of origin |
Warp: brown and white wool; Z2S; 26 threads per inch (110 per dm).
Weft: red, black, and white wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 17 knots per inch (70 per dm). Back: Z-spun, unplied wool; 8 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, black, white. The threads in the 'floated weft' bands are Z2S.
Pile: wool; 8 colours: dark red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, black, white; asymmetrical knots open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 221 knots per sq. inch (3850 per sq. dm).
Side finish: missing; evidence of 1 cord oversewn with black wool. Tufts of wool that had joined the sides of the bag together remain in patches.
End finish:
Lower: missing.
Upper: 6 rows of soumak in red, green, black, and white; 2.5cm with blocks of patterned weave in diapers: red/white/blue and red/green/blue; 7 square holes have been cut for fastening; 6 rows of soumak as above; plait of red and green; 1.5cm plain weave, turned and stitched in place.
Design:
Field: cental panel with a dark blue ground with a central 8-pointed medallion. This is surrounded by multi-coloured guls, hooked lozenges, and floral stems with serrated leaves.
Main border: red ground with botehs.
Inner border: dark blue ground with multi-coloured guls.
Outer border: white ground with reciprocal design of opposing legless birds.
Weft: red, black, and white wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 17 knots per inch (70 per dm). Back: Z-spun, unplied wool; 8 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, black, white. The threads in the 'floated weft' bands are Z2S.
Pile: wool; 8 colours: dark red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, black, white; asymmetrical knots open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 221 knots per sq. inch (3850 per sq. dm).
Side finish: missing; evidence of 1 cord oversewn with black wool. Tufts of wool that had joined the sides of the bag together remain in patches.
End finish:
Lower: missing.
Upper: 6 rows of soumak in red, green, black, and white; 2.5cm with blocks of patterned weave in diapers: red/white/blue and red/green/blue; 7 square holes have been cut for fastening; 6 rows of soumak as above; plait of red and green; 1.5cm plain weave, turned and stitched in place.
Design:
Field: cental panel with a dark blue ground with a central 8-pointed medallion. This is surrounded by multi-coloured guls, hooked lozenges, and floral stems with serrated leaves.
Main border: red ground with botehs.
Inner border: dark blue ground with multi-coloured guls.
Outer border: white ground with reciprocal design of opposing legless birds.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Carpet, Bag. Saddle bag, wool knotted pile and flatweave, Iran, 1850-1875 |
| Physical description | Warp: brown and white wool; Z2S; 26 threads per inch (110 per dm). Weft: red, black, and white wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 17 knots per inch (70 per dm). Back: Z-spun, unplied wool; 8 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, black, white. The threads in the 'floated weft' bands are Z2S. Pile: wool; 8 colours: dark red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, black, white; asymmetrical knots open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 221 knots per sq. inch (3850 per sq. dm). Side finish: missing; evidence of 1 cord oversewn with black wool. Tufts of wool that had joined the sides of the bag together remain in patches. End finish: Lower: missing. Upper: 6 rows of soumak in red, green, black, and white; 2.5cm with blocks of patterned weave in diapers: red/white/blue and red/green/blue; 7 square holes have been cut for fastening; 6 rows of soumak as above; plait of red and green; 1.5cm plain weave, turned and stitched in place. Design: Field: cental panel with a dark blue ground with a central 8-pointed medallion. This is surrounded by multi-coloured guls, hooked lozenges, and floral stems with serrated leaves. Main border: red ground with botehs. Inner border: dark blue ground with multi-coloured guls. Outer border: white ground with reciprocal design of opposing legless birds. |
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| Object history | Bought from the collection of Gaston de Saint-Maurice (1831-1905) in 1884. Saint-Maurice displayed his extensive art collection at the 1878 Paris exhibition, in a gallery entitled L'Egypte des Khalifes. This was part of an official sequence of displays celebrating the history of Egypt, presented by the Egyptian state at this international event. Saint-Maurice held a position at the Khedival court, and had lived in Cairo in 1868-1878. Following the exhibition, Saint-Maurice offered his collection for sale to the South Kensington Museum (today the V&A). |
| Production | Possibly Shiraz |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1018-1884 |
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| Record created | November 12, 2007 |
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