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Tent Band

19th century (made)
Place of origin

Tent band (incomplete)

WARP: white, red and blue wool; Z2S; 61 threads per inch (240 per dm).

WEFT: white wool; Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 17 knots per inch (68 per dm).

PILE: wool, silk and cotton; 10 colours: dark red, red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, pink, white (cotton). Note: some areas of a large floral motif near the upper end are piled with silk using the same colours as appear elsewhere in wool. This area might have been intended to be the middle of the completed length and may therefore (?) have been prominant. Symmetrical knot tied around 3 threads with one uncovered thread between each knot. 260 knots per sq. inch (4080 per sq. dm).

SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn, or possibly overcast, with red wool

END FINISH: Lower: there are two thicker wefts after the fringe of warp thread loops that have been twisted into a mass of approx 8 cms. in length. Upper: uncompleted: an incomplete panel with central axis has long loose warp threads of max 43 cms. extending beyond the last existing weft thread. The warp threads are twisted into 16 unequal strands, the outer 4 on both sides are multicoloured from the inner and outer borders' coloured warp.

DESIGN: Field: plain weave ground with long sequences of piled motifs, sometimes flowering plants and sometimes geometrical, all symmetrical along a central axis. These sequences are separated by rectangular panels in mainly geometric motifs. The lower end is unpiled and is 100 cms. in length. Across it are 8 bands of narrow, interlocking diamonds and triangles (weft-floated over the warp-faced ground). There is an initial fringe or irregular groups of warp threads twisted together in a Z direction to form a mass of threads, max 10 cms. long. Before the first piled panel is a band of single knots in a variety of colours and then two spaced bands, each a single line in weft-wrapping, green alternating with red. The piled area begins with a band of red lozenges lying between a line of knots (as above) and then a line of weft-wrapping (as above). The upper end of the tent band is missing as though weaving was abruptly stopped.

Main border: a zigzag outlined in blue.
Inner border: a row and two halves of a white floret within a partial concentric, mainly red lozenge.

Outer border: diagonal blocks of colour.
The borders stopp at the end of the piled section and from then on, there is on the lower end panel an outer red and an inner red and blue warp stripe border.

Catalogue date: 24.4.96


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brief description
1800s, Turcoman; Yomud
Physical description
Tent band (incomplete)

WARP: white, red and blue wool; Z2S; 61 threads per inch (240 per dm).

WEFT: white wool; Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 17 knots per inch (68 per dm).

PILE: wool, silk and cotton; 10 colours: dark red, red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, pink, white (cotton). Note: some areas of a large floral motif near the upper end are piled with silk using the same colours as appear elsewhere in wool. This area might have been intended to be the middle of the completed length and may therefore (?) have been prominant. Symmetrical knot tied around 3 threads with one uncovered thread between each knot. 260 knots per sq. inch (4080 per sq. dm).

SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn, or possibly overcast, with red wool

END FINISH: Lower: there are two thicker wefts after the fringe of warp thread loops that have been twisted into a mass of approx 8 cms. in length. Upper: uncompleted: an incomplete panel with central axis has long loose warp threads of max 43 cms. extending beyond the last existing weft thread. The warp threads are twisted into 16 unequal strands, the outer 4 on both sides are multicoloured from the inner and outer borders' coloured warp.

DESIGN: Field: plain weave ground with long sequences of piled motifs, sometimes flowering plants and sometimes geometrical, all symmetrical along a central axis. These sequences are separated by rectangular panels in mainly geometric motifs. The lower end is unpiled and is 100 cms. in length. Across it are 8 bands of narrow, interlocking diamonds and triangles (weft-floated over the warp-faced ground). There is an initial fringe or irregular groups of warp threads twisted together in a Z direction to form a mass of threads, max 10 cms. long. Before the first piled panel is a band of single knots in a variety of colours and then two spaced bands, each a single line in weft-wrapping, green alternating with red. The piled area begins with a band of red lozenges lying between a line of knots (as above) and then a line of weft-wrapping (as above). The upper end of the tent band is missing as though weaving was abruptly stopped.

Main border: a zigzag outlined in blue.
Inner border: a row and two halves of a white floret within a partial concentric, mainly red lozenge.

Outer border: diagonal blocks of colour.
The borders stopp at the end of the piled section and from then on, there is on the lower end panel an outer red and an inner red and blue warp stripe border.

Catalogue date: 24.4.96
Dimensions
  • Length: 757cm
  • Maximum width: 35cm
  • Minimum width: 31.5cm
  • Weight: 5kg
Weight including roller
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, 315

cf: Tzareva (1984) illus. 65, "Tekke iolam, second half of 19th century"

see also: T.143-1927., CIRC.439-1930
Collection
Accession number
992-1886

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Record createdJune 19, 2008
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