Carpet Border Fragment
1600-1700 (made)
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| Place of origin |
WARP: white cotton; Z4S; 32 threads per inch (108 per dm); depressed
WEFT: white cotton; Z4S; 2 or 3 shoots after or row of knots (varies); 17 knots per inch (71 per dm).
PILE: wool; 6 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, light green, light blue; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 272 knots per sq. inch (3834 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: cut
END FINISH: cut
DESIGN: green ground with floral meander in green, with a red and yellow flower. There are traces of a solid border along either side.
DYE ANALYSIS: red = lac; green = indigo and an unidentifiable yellow.
WEFT: white cotton; Z4S; 2 or 3 shoots after or row of knots (varies); 17 knots per inch (71 per dm).
PILE: wool; 6 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, light green, light blue; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 272 knots per sq. inch (3834 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: cut
END FINISH: cut
DESIGN: green ground with floral meander in green, with a red and yellow flower. There are traces of a solid border along either side.
DYE ANALYSIS: red = lac; green = indigo and an unidentifiable yellow.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Carpet. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, border pattern of scrolling flowers on green ground, Khurasan, Iran, 1600-1700 |
| Physical description | WARP: white cotton; Z4S; 32 threads per inch (108 per dm); depressed WEFT: white cotton; Z4S; 2 or 3 shoots after or row of knots (varies); 17 knots per inch (71 per dm). PILE: wool; 6 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, light green, light blue; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 272 knots per sq. inch (3834 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: cut END FINISH: cut DESIGN: green ground with floral meander in green, with a red and yellow flower. There are traces of a solid border along either side. DYE ANALYSIS: red = lac; green = indigo and an unidentifiable yellow. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Dr. F. R. Martin, per Gebruder Kuoni, Hamptbureau, Zurich. |
| Bibliographic reference | F. R. Martin, A History of Oriental Carpets before 1800 (Vienna 1908): fig. 177. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.329-1910 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2008 |
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