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Carpet

1850-1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Carpet Design:
Field: dark blue ground with ogival lattice in white forming 5 offset rows plus 2 almost complete rows enclosing a band of a red rosette and an arrangement of 4 red blossoms around a central diamond.
Main border: light red ground with red meander outlined in light blue with a diagonal spray of 3 white flowers which separate rosettes in dark brown and red, on either side of which is a dark blue band.
Guard stripes: Inner and outer - yellow ground with a double meander in dark brown with a red blossom and a blue pointed leaf. In the centre of the lower inner border are 2 downward pointing leaves breaking the sequence; in the upper inner are 2 upward and 2 downward pointing leaves. In the upper outer border are a pair of downward pointing leaves.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Wool pile on cotton foundation, asymmetric knot. Warp: white cotton; Z3S; depressed; 18 knots per inch (72 per dm). Weft: very light brown (natural); cotton; S spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 3 shoots after each row of knots; 8 rows of knots per inch (30 per dm). Pile: wool; 9 colours: red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to left and tied around 2 warp threads. Side finish: 1 cord oversewn with red wool. End finish: top - plain weave folded back under lining; lower - also concealed by lining.
Brief description
Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, 'Herati' trellis design on dark blue ground, Iran, 1850-1875
Physical description
Carpet Design:
Field: dark blue ground with ogival lattice in white forming 5 offset rows plus 2 almost complete rows enclosing a band of a red rosette and an arrangement of 4 red blossoms around a central diamond.
Main border: light red ground with red meander outlined in light blue with a diagonal spray of 3 white flowers which separate rosettes in dark brown and red, on either side of which is a dark blue band.
Guard stripes: Inner and outer - yellow ground with a double meander in dark brown with a red blossom and a blue pointed leaf. In the centre of the lower inner border are 2 downward pointing leaves breaking the sequence; in the upper inner are 2 upward and 2 downward pointing leaves. In the upper outer border are a pair of downward pointing leaves.
Dimensions
  • Length: 442cm (maximum)
  • Width: 189cm (maximum)
  • Height: 5mm (Pile height)
Object history
Purchased from Ali Ekber Karadaghly, Constantinople.
Collection
Accession number
257-1892

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Record createdJanuary 28, 2008
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