Carpet
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
WARP: white and dark brown wool, sometimes plied together; Z3S; 11 threads per inch (44 per dm).
WEFT: light brown wool; Z2S; 1-3 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (46 per dm).
PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, yellow, green, blue, light blue, brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around two threads; 66 knots per sq. inch (1012 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with cream wool.
END FINISH: Lower: very irregular. 2.5 cms. max. plainweave with cream wool and then 3 rows of knots followed by a fringe of warp threads. Max length 5 cms. Upper: as Lower.
DESIGN: Field: very narrow field with blue ground. There is one row of a lattice design in yellow, toothed in red. Inside each frame is either a stylised floral sprig or a decorated diamond. Along both sides are birds, small animals and geometric motifs.
Borders from the inside:
(1) reciprocal diamond heads in red and green outlined in white
(2) brown ground with four-petalled rosettes
(3) white ground with leaf and wine glass pattern
(4) as (2)
(5) reciprocal pattern in red and white.
NB: the guard between (1) and (2) begins in one pattern and changes to another after 10 cms.
Catalogue Date 4.6.97
WEFT: light brown wool; Z2S; 1-3 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (46 per dm).
PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, yellow, green, blue, light blue, brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around two threads; 66 knots per sq. inch (1012 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with cream wool.
END FINISH: Lower: very irregular. 2.5 cms. max. plainweave with cream wool and then 3 rows of knots followed by a fringe of warp threads. Max length 5 cms. Upper: as Lower.
DESIGN: Field: very narrow field with blue ground. There is one row of a lattice design in yellow, toothed in red. Inside each frame is either a stylised floral sprig or a decorated diamond. Along both sides are birds, small animals and geometric motifs.
Borders from the inside:
(1) reciprocal diamond heads in red and green outlined in white
(2) brown ground with four-petalled rosettes
(3) white ground with leaf and wine glass pattern
(4) as (2)
(5) reciprocal pattern in red and white.
NB: the guard between (1) and (2) begins in one pattern and changes to another after 10 cms.
Catalogue Date 4.6.97
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | 1800s, Caucasian; Karadagh |
| Physical description | WARP: white and dark brown wool, sometimes plied together; Z3S; 11 threads per inch (44 per dm). WEFT: light brown wool; Z2S; 1-3 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (46 per dm). PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, yellow, green, blue, light blue, brown, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around two threads; 66 knots per sq. inch (1012 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with cream wool. END FINISH: Lower: very irregular. 2.5 cms. max. plainweave with cream wool and then 3 rows of knots followed by a fringe of warp threads. Max length 5 cms. Upper: as Lower. DESIGN: Field: very narrow field with blue ground. There is one row of a lattice design in yellow, toothed in red. Inside each frame is either a stylised floral sprig or a decorated diamond. Along both sides are birds, small animals and geometric motifs. Borders from the inside: (1) reciprocal diamond heads in red and green outlined in white (2) brown ground with four-petalled rosettes (3) white ground with leaf and wine glass pattern (4) as (2) (5) reciprocal pattern in red and white. NB: the guard between (1) and (2) begins in one pattern and changes to another after 10 cms. Catalogue Date 4.6.97 |
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| Production | c.f. Bennett (1981) illus. 314 and 222, "Kuba, probably late 19th c. "typical Shirvan field design... probably from the Kuba area, second half 19th c. Shurmann (1964) illus. 99 and 100, "Kuba". mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M Francses and R. Pinner (intro by Donald King), analyses by Jackie Stranger Hali 1980. Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 95, 104, 112, 114 Referred to in: "Azerbaijani Carpets in the V & " by Latif Kerimov, published International Symposium, Baku, 1983 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 54-1880 |
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