Carpet Fragment
1600-1650 (made)
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Carpet fragment with a cotton warp and woollen weft. Knotted, with a large-scale pattern. Woven on a dark blue ground with the pattern in green, pink and orange.
WARP: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 32 threads to the inch (126 per dm).
WEFT: red and light brown wool (blue-green wool of 6 Z spun threads, arrangement is difficult to ascertain, inserted after every 12 to 13 approx. red shoots and appear to be inserted alone); red wool is S spun, unplied, light brown; 3 shoots (light brown, red, light brown) after each row of knots; 16 knots to the inch (62 per dm).
PILE: wool; 13 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, light purple, cream, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left; 256 knots to the sq. inch (2906 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: both sides are cut.
END FINISH: both ends are cut.
DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with half a large, green petalled flower against a left-hand border, with smaller flowers, leaves and stem tracery.
Inner guard stripe: a red and white reciprocal V-pattern.
WARP: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 32 threads to the inch (126 per dm).
WEFT: red and light brown wool (blue-green wool of 6 Z spun threads, arrangement is difficult to ascertain, inserted after every 12 to 13 approx. red shoots and appear to be inserted alone); red wool is S spun, unplied, light brown; 3 shoots (light brown, red, light brown) after each row of knots; 16 knots to the inch (62 per dm).
PILE: wool; 13 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, light purple, cream, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left; 256 knots to the sq. inch (2906 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: both sides are cut.
END FINISH: both ends are cut.
DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with half a large, green petalled flower against a left-hand border, with smaller flowers, leaves and stem tracery.
Inner guard stripe: a red and white reciprocal V-pattern.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Knotted pile cotton and wool |
Brief description | Middle East, Carpet. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton warp and wool weft, half-lotus flower and stems with border edge on blue ground, Safavid Kirman, Iran, 1600-1650 |
Physical description | Carpet fragment with a cotton warp and woollen weft. Knotted, with a large-scale pattern. Woven on a dark blue ground with the pattern in green, pink and orange. WARP: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 32 threads to the inch (126 per dm). WEFT: red and light brown wool (blue-green wool of 6 Z spun threads, arrangement is difficult to ascertain, inserted after every 12 to 13 approx. red shoots and appear to be inserted alone); red wool is S spun, unplied, light brown; 3 shoots (light brown, red, light brown) after each row of knots; 16 knots to the inch (62 per dm). PILE: wool; 13 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, light purple, cream, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left; 256 knots to the sq. inch (2906 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: both sides are cut. END FINISH: both ends are cut. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with half a large, green petalled flower against a left-hand border, with smaller flowers, leaves and stem tracery. Inner guard stripe: a red and white reciprocal V-pattern. |
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Credit line | Given by J. W. F. Morton, Esq. |
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Accession number | T.369-1966 |
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Record created | April 10, 2008 |
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