Bag Face
19th century (made)
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Bag face
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 24 threads per inch at the top (96 per dm). and 22 per inch at the bottom (85 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 3 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 22 knots per inch (86 per dm).
PILE: wool; 7 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, dark blue, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads (but includes some jufti knots); 242 to 264 knots per sq. inch 93655 to 4128 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: cut
END FINISH: Lower: maximum of 4 cms. plain weave with cream weft; immediately below the pile is a row of jufti knots which would have formed a fringe. Upper: cut.
DESIGN: field: dark red ground with seven bands of 19 stylised blossoms, coloured to create diagonal bands across the field in red, blue, green and white.
Main border: dark red ground, hooked rectangles containing a quartered diamond.
Apron: dark red, undecorated pile.
Catalogue date: 5.7.94
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 24 threads per inch at the top (96 per dm). and 22 per inch at the bottom (85 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 3 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 22 knots per inch (86 per dm).
PILE: wool; 7 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, dark blue, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads (but includes some jufti knots); 242 to 264 knots per sq. inch 93655 to 4128 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: cut
END FINISH: Lower: maximum of 4 cms. plain weave with cream weft; immediately below the pile is a row of jufti knots which would have formed a fringe. Upper: cut.
DESIGN: field: dark red ground with seven bands of 19 stylised blossoms, coloured to create diagonal bands across the field in red, blue, green and white.
Main border: dark red ground, hooked rectangles containing a quartered diamond.
Apron: dark red, undecorated pile.
Catalogue date: 5.7.94
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool |
| Brief description | Face of a bag, Central Asia, 19th century |
| Physical description | Bag face WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 24 threads per inch at the top (96 per dm). and 22 per inch at the bottom (85 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied; 3 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 22 knots per inch (86 per dm). PILE: wool; 7 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, dark blue, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the right and tied around 2 threads (but includes some jufti knots); 242 to 264 knots per sq. inch 93655 to 4128 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: cut END FINISH: Lower: maximum of 4 cms. plain weave with cream weft; immediately below the pile is a row of jufti knots which would have formed a fringe. Upper: cut. DESIGN: field: dark red ground with seven bands of 19 stylised blossoms, coloured to create diagonal bands across the field in red, blue, green and white. Main border: dark red ground, hooked rectangles containing a quartered diamond. Apron: dark red, undecorated pile. Catalogue date: 5.7.94 |
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| Production | The Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington. Purchased as one of seven pieces for a total of £3 "knotted pile wall bag; Ersari" (1925) This is one of "7 interesting little pieces of Turcoman carpet-knotting, good in design, colour and technique"…. And one of four "tent-bags unlike any others in the Museum… the price for the seven pieces… is nominal". CECT to D? JBW (1924) cf: Elena Tzareva (1984) ill. 59 "Tekke mafrach, 19th century" (Azadi (1975) ill. 47. c.f. field design) Bogolyubov (1973) ill. 42, "Torba from Akhal (Tekkes P) JMA Thompson (Editor) ".. the form of the gul is .... more in keeping with Yomut pieces...." 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. 303, 306, 307, 312, 315 |
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| Accession number | T.94-1925 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2008 |
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