Carpet
1850-1900 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, Salor Turkoman, Turkmenistan, Central Asia.
DESIGN: Field: red ground with 6 bands of 4 large guls and 5 and two half bands of 2 and half minor guls. The major guls are joined on upper and lower sides to form 3 columbs. The outer gul is quartered with orange at the top left and bottom right. The other two quarters alternate horizontally and vertically between white and dark blue. Each quarter contains 3 dark red trefoils. At the centre of each major gul is a multi-coloured 8-pointed star framed by a hooked, stepped cross. This star and cross form the minor gul and between them, vertically, are further stars, flowerheads and small sprigs. The flowerheads are sometimes in groups of four. In the 2 central rows there is a yellow diamond and two halves, framed between the major guls.
Inner border: alternating diagonals, each containing part of a stepped lozenge.
Outer border: interlocking diagonal S-motifs in all colours except brown, each having a tiny flowerhead at each end.
Date catalogued 15.4.96
DESIGN: Field: red ground with 6 bands of 4 large guls and 5 and two half bands of 2 and half minor guls. The major guls are joined on upper and lower sides to form 3 columbs. The outer gul is quartered with orange at the top left and bottom right. The other two quarters alternate horizontally and vertically between white and dark blue. Each quarter contains 3 dark red trefoils. At the centre of each major gul is a multi-coloured 8-pointed star framed by a hooked, stepped cross. This star and cross form the minor gul and between them, vertically, are further stars, flowerheads and small sprigs. The flowerheads are sometimes in groups of four. In the 2 central rows there is a yellow diamond and two halves, framed between the major guls.
Inner border: alternating diagonals, each containing part of a stepped lozenge.
Outer border: interlocking diagonal S-motifs in all colours except brown, each having a tiny flowerhead at each end.
Date catalogued 15.4.96
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Carpet, wool and hair, asymmetric knot.
WARP: cream wool and dark hair twisted together; the exposed ends have, unusally, retained their ply and the cream woollen component has sometimes worn away, leaving just the brown hair; Z2S; 14 threads per inch (55 per dm).
WEFT: light brown wool with some darker hairs; Z-spun, unplied; 2 shoots of weft after each row of knots; 8 knots per inch (32 per dm).
PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, orange, yellow, dark green, dark blue, brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 56 knots per sq. inch (880 per sq. dm.)
SIDE FINISH: 3 cords overcast with brown wool.
END FINISH: Lower: incomplete. max 18 cms. plain weave with red weft and 2 groups of 3 narrow dark green bands. Upper: as lower, max 15 cms. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, grid design of octagonal 'guls', Salor Turkoman, Turkmenistan, 1850-1900 |
| Physical description | Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, Salor Turkoman, Turkmenistan, Central Asia. DESIGN: Field: red ground with 6 bands of 4 large guls and 5 and two half bands of 2 and half minor guls. The major guls are joined on upper and lower sides to form 3 columbs. The outer gul is quartered with orange at the top left and bottom right. The other two quarters alternate horizontally and vertically between white and dark blue. Each quarter contains 3 dark red trefoils. At the centre of each major gul is a multi-coloured 8-pointed star framed by a hooked, stepped cross. This star and cross form the minor gul and between them, vertically, are further stars, flowerheads and small sprigs. The flowerheads are sometimes in groups of four. In the 2 central rows there is a yellow diamond and two halves, framed between the major guls. Inner border: alternating diagonals, each containing part of a stepped lozenge. Outer border: interlocking diagonal S-motifs in all colours except brown, each having a tiny flowerhead at each end. Date catalogued 15.4.96 |
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| 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. 303, 311, 315 Cf.: Tzareva (1984) ill. 95 "Ersari Khali, 19th century. Azadi (1975) ill. 8, "Ersari. First half 19th century". Schurmann (1969) ill. 59, "Afghan of the Ersari. Middle of the 19th century". Bogolynbov (1970) ill. 27. "Afghan carpet from Char Vilayet... Turkoman tribes which inhabit north Afghanistan". NB. Editor's (JMA Thompson) comment. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.88-1926 |
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| Record created | September 18, 2008 |
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