Bag Face
1800-1850 (made)
| Place of origin |
tent bag face
WARP: light grey wool; Z2S; 24 threads per inch (approx. 94 per dm counted as 47 per 5 cm.)
WEFT: light brown wool; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 25 knots per inch (approx. 106 per dm counted as 53 per 5 cms).
PILE: wool; 5 colours: red, light red, dark blue, brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads. 300 knots per sq. inch (approx. 4982 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with red wool; short length on both sides of chevron-effect oversewing in red and green.
END FINISH: Lower 2.5 cm. plain weave with a narrow band of red woollen weft followed by light grey; turned and stitched in place. Upper: remains of multi-coloured knots tied over 4 threads to form a fringe.
DESIGN: dark red ground with two bands each of three identical guls, halved vertically and outlined in blue. The central polygon is dark red, flecked with white; the outer quarters are paired diagonally in red and white. In rows between the guls is a secondary motif of a cross and an X with white hooks on a vertical stem.
Main border: eight petalled red and dark red or dark red and blue flower on blue and white ground alternating with double-hooked dark red, dark blue and white.
Apron: band of dark red pile beyond the borders, at the bottom, stippled by two bands of single knots in dark blue.
Catalogue date: 10.8.94
WARP: light grey wool; Z2S; 24 threads per inch (approx. 94 per dm counted as 47 per 5 cm.)
WEFT: light brown wool; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 25 knots per inch (approx. 106 per dm counted as 53 per 5 cms).
PILE: wool; 5 colours: red, light red, dark blue, brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads. 300 knots per sq. inch (approx. 4982 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with red wool; short length on both sides of chevron-effect oversewing in red and green.
END FINISH: Lower 2.5 cm. plain weave with a narrow band of red woollen weft followed by light grey; turned and stitched in place. Upper: remains of multi-coloured knots tied over 4 threads to form a fringe.
DESIGN: dark red ground with two bands each of three identical guls, halved vertically and outlined in blue. The central polygon is dark red, flecked with white; the outer quarters are paired diagonally in red and white. In rows between the guls is a secondary motif of a cross and an X with white hooks on a vertical stem.
Main border: eight petalled red and dark red or dark red and blue flower on blue and white ground alternating with double-hooked dark red, dark blue and white.
Apron: band of dark red pile beyond the borders, at the bottom, stippled by two bands of single knots in dark blue.
Catalogue date: 10.8.94
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Carpet formed from a saddle bag, wool. |
| Brief description | 1800s, Central Asian |
| Physical description | tent bag face WARP: light grey wool; Z2S; 24 threads per inch (approx. 94 per dm counted as 47 per 5 cm.) WEFT: light brown wool; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 25 knots per inch (approx. 106 per dm counted as 53 per 5 cms). PILE: wool; 5 colours: red, light red, dark blue, brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads. 300 knots per sq. inch (approx. 4982 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with red wool; short length on both sides of chevron-effect oversewing in red and green. END FINISH: Lower 2.5 cm. plain weave with a narrow band of red woollen weft followed by light grey; turned and stitched in place. Upper: remains of multi-coloured knots tied over 4 threads to form a fringe. DESIGN: dark red ground with two bands each of three identical guls, halved vertically and outlined in blue. The central polygon is dark red, flecked with white; the outer quarters are paired diagonally in red and white. In rows between the guls is a secondary motif of a cross and an X with white hooks on a vertical stem. Main border: eight petalled red and dark red or dark red and blue flower on blue and white ground alternating with double-hooked dark red, dark blue and white. Apron: band of dark red pile beyond the borders, at the bottom, stippled by two bands of single knots in dark blue. Catalogue date: 10.8.94 |
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| Gallery label | 2015 Damascus Room Display
Nr. 19: Carpet formed from a saddle bag
Central Asia
1800-50
Wool
Museum no. 411PP-1880(2015) |
| Production | Mentioned in "Turkoman Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Analysis by L. Pinner. Hali 1980, Vol. 2, No. 4, p. 302, 306, 315 cf: Siawosch Azadi (1975) ill. 21 "Tekke torba, 18th century; ill. 23 "Tekke torba, 18th or 19th century"; ill. 24 "Tekke, possibly a chuval, 18th century. Karoly Gombos (1975) illus. 47, "Tekke Turkmen (Csoval) XVIII sz"; ill.. 48 "Tekke Turkmen (Csoval) XVIII-XIX sz; ill. 49 "Tekke Turkmen (Csoval) XVIII-XIX sz." Elena Tzareva (1984) ill. 54 "Tekke torba, 19th century" |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | 411PP-1880 |
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| Record created | June 19, 2008 |
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