Carpet Fragment
1630-1640 (made)
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Carpet fragment woven in pink, blue, yellow, orange and white on a soft pink ground.
WARP: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 20 threads to the inch (80 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot and 3 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots to the inch (42 per dm).
PILE; wool; 8 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, green, light green, blue, light blue; asymmetrical knot, open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 110 knots to the sq. inch (1680 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: both sides are cut
END FINISH: both ends are cut.
DESIGN: field: red ground with one complete palmette in dark blue, outlined in orange and yellow with flowers, leaves and stems.
WARP: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 20 threads to the inch (80 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot and 3 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots to the inch (42 per dm).
PILE; wool; 8 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, green, light green, blue, light blue; asymmetrical knot, open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 110 knots to the sq. inch (1680 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: both sides are cut
END FINISH: both ends are cut.
DESIGN: field: red ground with one complete palmette in dark blue, outlined in orange and yellow with flowers, leaves and stems.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Cotton and wool |
Brief description | Middle East, Carpet. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, design of lotus with iris flowers on red ground, Safavid Isfahan, Iran, 1630-1640 |
Physical description | Carpet fragment woven in pink, blue, yellow, orange and white on a soft pink ground. WARP: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 20 threads to the inch (80 per dm). WEFT: white cotton; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot and 3 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots to the inch (42 per dm). PILE; wool; 8 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, green, light green, blue, light blue; asymmetrical knot, open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 110 knots to the sq. inch (1680 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: both sides are cut END FINISH: both ends are cut. DESIGN: field: red ground with one complete palmette in dark blue, outlined in orange and yellow with flowers, leaves and stems. |
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Credit line | Given by J. W. F. Morton, Esq. |
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Accession number | T.283-1966 |
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Record created | April 10, 2008 |
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