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Carpet Fragment

1630-1640 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Length: 36cm
  • Width: 51cm
  • Length: 14in
  • Width: 20in
Styles
Credit line
Given by J. W. F. Morton, Esq.
Collection
Accession number
T.283-1966

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Record createdApril 10, 2008
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