Fragment
late 19th century (made)
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Carpet fragment of hand knotted wool and cotton.
WARP: dark brown wool. Z3S; 14 threads per inch (54 per dm).
WEFT: white wool and 2 white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots occasionally 3 or 4 after each row of knots; 13 knots per inch (51 per dm).
PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, blue, light purple, (faded), dark brown/black, symmetrical knot tied arouond 2 threads; 91 knots per sq. inch (1377 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with white cotton and wool as weft.
END FINISH; cut
DESIGN: NB: some areas have been patched from another carpet. There are six vertical stripes: from the selvedge they are:
1. dark brown ground with single yellow knots
2. reciprocal red/dark green diamond heads
3. blue ground with coloured stars
4. white ground with coloured stars
5. dark green ground with coloured stars
6. dark blue ground with hooked crosses containing a star.
WARP: dark brown wool. Z3S; 14 threads per inch (54 per dm).
WEFT: white wool and 2 white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots occasionally 3 or 4 after each row of knots; 13 knots per inch (51 per dm).
PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, blue, light purple, (faded), dark brown/black, symmetrical knot tied arouond 2 threads; 91 knots per sq. inch (1377 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with white cotton and wool as weft.
END FINISH; cut
DESIGN: NB: some areas have been patched from another carpet. There are six vertical stripes: from the selvedge they are:
1. dark brown ground with single yellow knots
2. reciprocal red/dark green diamond heads
3. blue ground with coloured stars
4. white ground with coloured stars
5. dark green ground with coloured stars
6. dark blue ground with hooked crosses containing a star.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand knotted wool and cotton |
| Brief description | Fragment of hand knotted carpet of wool and cotton, Caucasus, late 19th century. |
| Physical description | Carpet fragment of hand knotted wool and cotton. WARP: dark brown wool. Z3S; 14 threads per inch (54 per dm). WEFT: white wool and 2 white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots occasionally 3 or 4 after each row of knots; 13 knots per inch (51 per dm). PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, blue, light purple, (faded), dark brown/black, symmetrical knot tied arouond 2 threads; 91 knots per sq. inch (1377 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with white cotton and wool as weft. END FINISH; cut DESIGN: NB: some areas have been patched from another carpet. There are six vertical stripes: from the selvedge they are: 1. dark brown ground with single yellow knots 2. reciprocal red/dark green diamond heads 3. blue ground with coloured stars 4. white ground with coloured stars 5. dark green ground with coloured stars 6. dark blue ground with hooked crosses containing a star. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Bernadout |
| Production | (Retirement) Gift from Mr. Benardout of the Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., South Kensington Fragment of carpet, Caucasian (Shirvan), 19th c." "I write to thank you most cordially for your kindness in allowing the Museum to select from your stock such carpet fragments as will be useful for teaching purposes and for showing designs so far unrepresented in our collection". Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 96 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.52-1975 |
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| Record created | June 5, 2008 |
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