Bag Face
1800-1900 (made)
| Place of origin |
Bag face
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 21 threads per inch (83 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 shoots after every row of knots; 24 knots per inch (96 per dm).
PILE: wool and silk; 7 colours: dark red, red, green, dark blue, pink (silk), brown, cream , asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads, although there are areas of jufti knotting; 252 knots per sq. inch (3984 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with red wool.
END FINISH: Lower: 1.5 cms. of plain weave with cream weft remains with a row of multi-coloured jufti knots which would have formed a fringe. Upper: 5 cms. plain weave remains, with red weft and then cream weft; turned under and stitched in place.
DESIGN: field: dark red ground with three vertical rows of three guls and two vertical rows of two complete stars.
Main border: horned rectangles containing two colour rosettes.
Lower band: undecorated red pile.
Upper band: band of red pile divided horizontally by two narrow bands of green and red knots.
Catalogue date: 28.6.94
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 21 threads per inch (83 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 shoots after every row of knots; 24 knots per inch (96 per dm).
PILE: wool and silk; 7 colours: dark red, red, green, dark blue, pink (silk), brown, cream , asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads, although there are areas of jufti knotting; 252 knots per sq. inch (3984 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with red wool.
END FINISH: Lower: 1.5 cms. of plain weave with cream weft remains with a row of multi-coloured jufti knots which would have formed a fringe. Upper: 5 cms. plain weave remains, with red weft and then cream weft; turned under and stitched in place.
DESIGN: field: dark red ground with three vertical rows of three guls and two vertical rows of two complete stars.
Main border: horned rectangles containing two colour rosettes.
Lower band: undecorated red pile.
Upper band: band of red pile divided horizontally by two narrow bands of green and red knots.
Catalogue date: 28.6.94
Object details
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile; Bag face or chuval, wool and silk knotted pile on wool foundation, 3x3 gul pattern with borders, Turkoman Tekke, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, 1800-1900 |
| Physical description | Bag face WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 21 threads per inch (83 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 shoots after every row of knots; 24 knots per inch (96 per dm). PILE: wool and silk; 7 colours: dark red, red, green, dark blue, pink (silk), brown, cream , asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads, although there are areas of jufti knotting; 252 knots per sq. inch (3984 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: 2 cords overcast with red wool. END FINISH: Lower: 1.5 cms. of plain weave with cream weft remains with a row of multi-coloured jufti knots which would have formed a fringe. Upper: 5 cms. plain weave remains, with red weft and then cream weft; turned under and stitched in place. DESIGN: field: dark red ground with three vertical rows of three guls and two vertical rows of two complete stars. Main border: horned rectangles containing two colour rosettes. Lower band: undecorated red pile. Upper band: band of red pile divided horizontally by two narrow bands of green and red knots. Catalogue date: 28.6.94 |
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| Production | The Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington For Registry description see that of Circ.1111-1924 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.1118-1924 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2008 |
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