Carpet
late 19th century
| Place of origin |
Warp: white wool; Z2S; not depressed; 16-20 threads per in (~80 per dm).
Weft: light brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 8-10 knots per in (36-45 per dm).
Pile: wool; 11 colours - red, dark red, pink, yellow, dark green, light green, blue, dark blue, very dark blue, dark brown, white, yellow; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads.
Side finish: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wool.
End finish: upper - missing but evidence of plainweave with dark red wool.
Design:
Field: red ground of single large meander of very dark and dark blue with white - looks like a border pattern on a large scale.
Main border: very dark blue ground with pink angular meander with pink flowers and white leaves.
Inner and outer borders: yellow ground with blue meander and red flowers.
Weft: light brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 8-10 knots per in (36-45 per dm).
Pile: wool; 11 colours - red, dark red, pink, yellow, dark green, light green, blue, dark blue, very dark blue, dark brown, white, yellow; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads.
Side finish: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wool.
End finish: upper - missing but evidence of plainweave with dark red wool.
Design:
Field: red ground of single large meander of very dark and dark blue with white - looks like a border pattern on a large scale.
Main border: very dark blue ground with pink angular meander with pink flowers and white leaves.
Inner and outer borders: yellow ground with blue meander and red flowers.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Carpet; 1800s, Persian; Kurdistan |
| Physical description | Warp: white wool; Z2S; not depressed; 16-20 threads per in (~80 per dm). Weft: light brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 8-10 knots per in (36-45 per dm). Pile: wool; 11 colours - red, dark red, pink, yellow, dark green, light green, blue, dark blue, very dark blue, dark brown, white, yellow; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads. Side finish: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wool. End finish: upper - missing but evidence of plainweave with dark red wool. Design: Field: red ground of single large meander of very dark and dark blue with white - looks like a border pattern on a large scale. Main border: very dark blue ground with pink angular meander with pink flowers and white leaves. Inner and outer borders: yellow ground with blue meander and red flowers. |
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| Object history | Purchased in Istanbul in 1897 from Mrs Alice Whitaker, daughter and heir of William Henry Wrench (1836-96). Wrench was British consul in the city when he died, and he had formed a significant collection of Ottoman and Iranian objects while in the consular service. For images of how Wrench displayed his collection in his home in the Pera (Beyoğlu) district of the city, see V&A: PH.331 to 334-1892. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 360-1897 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2008 |
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