Bag Face
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
bag face, possibly part of an ok-bash.
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 20 threads per inch (83 per dm).
WEFT: grey wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after every row of knots, 19 knots per inch (69 per dm).
PILE: wool and cotton; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, green, blue, light blue, dark brown, white (wool) and small amounts of white cotton; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads. 190 knots per sq. inch (2863 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: Left: incomplete but evidence of one cord oversewn with green wool. Right: missing.
END FINISH: Lower: plain weave with grey woollen weft; turned and stitched in place with evidence of light blue and light red oversewing in a chevron pattern. Upper: plain weave with red woollen weft and then cream weft with evidence of chevron oversewing in light blue and light red.
DESIGN: field: decorated by 15 bands - narrow bands of multi-coloured chevrons alternating with wider bands of four-sided forms outlined in white and separated by narrow diagonal bands of coloured blocks.
Borders: right-hand side only narrow inner border of coloured blocks remains. Top and bottom: geometric meander on light red ground. Left-hand side: (patched) has red ground with white guls containing red crosses. Inner and outer borders: red ground with green diamond pattern with central white dot.
Catalogue date 2.8.94
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 20 threads per inch (83 per dm).
WEFT: grey wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after every row of knots, 19 knots per inch (69 per dm).
PILE: wool and cotton; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, green, blue, light blue, dark brown, white (wool) and small amounts of white cotton; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads. 190 knots per sq. inch (2863 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: Left: incomplete but evidence of one cord oversewn with green wool. Right: missing.
END FINISH: Lower: plain weave with grey woollen weft; turned and stitched in place with evidence of light blue and light red oversewing in a chevron pattern. Upper: plain weave with red woollen weft and then cream weft with evidence of chevron oversewing in light blue and light red.
DESIGN: field: decorated by 15 bands - narrow bands of multi-coloured chevrons alternating with wider bands of four-sided forms outlined in white and separated by narrow diagonal bands of coloured blocks.
Borders: right-hand side only narrow inner border of coloured blocks remains. Top and bottom: geometric meander on light red ground. Left-hand side: (patched) has red ground with white guls containing red crosses. Inner and outer borders: red ground with green diamond pattern with central white dot.
Catalogue date 2.8.94
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wool and cotton |
| Brief description | part, 1800s, Central Asian; Ok-bash |
| Physical description | bag face, possibly part of an ok-bash. WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 20 threads per inch (83 per dm). WEFT: grey wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after every row of knots, 19 knots per inch (69 per dm). PILE: wool and cotton; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, green, blue, light blue, dark brown, white (wool) and small amounts of white cotton; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads. 190 knots per sq. inch (2863 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: Left: incomplete but evidence of one cord oversewn with green wool. Right: missing. END FINISH: Lower: plain weave with grey woollen weft; turned and stitched in place with evidence of light blue and light red oversewing in a chevron pattern. Upper: plain weave with red woollen weft and then cream weft with evidence of chevron oversewing in light blue and light red. DESIGN: field: decorated by 15 bands - narrow bands of multi-coloured chevrons alternating with wider bands of four-sided forms outlined in white and separated by narrow diagonal bands of coloured blocks. Borders: right-hand side only narrow inner border of coloured blocks remains. Top and bottom: geometric meander on light red ground. Left-hand side: (patched) has red ground with white guls containing red crosses. Inner and outer borders: red ground with green diamond pattern with central white dot. Catalogue date 2.8.94 |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.1114-1924 |
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| Record created | September 11, 2008 |
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