Bag
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Beluch bag of knotted woollen pile.
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (70 per dm).
WEFT: dark brown wool; Z-spun, 2 parallel threads - although it may have been Z2S which has relaxed; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 rows of knots per inch (41 per dm).
PILE: wool; 4 colours: red, dark blue, dark brown, cream; asymmetrical knot open to the left, tied around two warp threads; 99 knots per sq. inch (1435 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: Both sides have two cords with returned wefts. Both sides have been stitched together with goat's hair in a chevron pattern to form a bag.
END FINISH: Lower: 7.5 cms. decorative band of flat weave with the lower edge turned under and stitched in place. Upper: 2.5 cm. decorative band of flat weave then plain weave for the back of the bag which is also decorated at intervals with bands of pattern.
DESIGN: field: hooked and stepped cream cross containing a red eight-pointed star. The cross is inside a blue ground rectangle.
Main border: reciprocal blue, red, brown trefoil.
Inner and Outer border: blue and red diagonal stripe.
Plain weave back in dark brown goat's hair: plain and decorative bands in wool in all four colours.
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (70 per dm).
WEFT: dark brown wool; Z-spun, 2 parallel threads - although it may have been Z2S which has relaxed; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 rows of knots per inch (41 per dm).
PILE: wool; 4 colours: red, dark blue, dark brown, cream; asymmetrical knot open to the left, tied around two warp threads; 99 knots per sq. inch (1435 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: Both sides have two cords with returned wefts. Both sides have been stitched together with goat's hair in a chevron pattern to form a bag.
END FINISH: Lower: 7.5 cms. decorative band of flat weave with the lower edge turned under and stitched in place. Upper: 2.5 cm. decorative band of flat weave then plain weave for the back of the bag which is also decorated at intervals with bands of pattern.
DESIGN: field: hooked and stepped cream cross containing a red eight-pointed star. The cross is inside a blue ground rectangle.
Main border: reciprocal blue, red, brown trefoil.
Inner and Outer border: blue and red diagonal stripe.
Plain weave back in dark brown goat's hair: plain and decorative bands in wool in all four colours.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Knotted woollen pile |
| Brief description | Beluch bag of knotted woollen pile, Central Asia, 19th century |
| Physical description | Beluch bag of knotted woollen pile. WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (70 per dm). WEFT: dark brown wool; Z-spun, 2 parallel threads - although it may have been Z2S which has relaxed; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 rows of knots per inch (41 per dm). PILE: wool; 4 colours: red, dark blue, dark brown, cream; asymmetrical knot open to the left, tied around two warp threads; 99 knots per sq. inch (1435 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: Both sides have two cords with returned wefts. Both sides have been stitched together with goat's hair in a chevron pattern to form a bag. END FINISH: Lower: 7.5 cms. decorative band of flat weave with the lower edge turned under and stitched in place. Upper: 2.5 cm. decorative band of flat weave then plain weave for the back of the bag which is also decorated at intervals with bands of pattern. DESIGN: field: hooked and stepped cream cross containing a red eight-pointed star. The cross is inside a blue ground rectangle. Main border: reciprocal blue, red, brown trefoil. Inner and Outer border: blue and red diagonal stripe. Plain weave back in dark brown goat's hair: plain and decorative bands in wool in all four colours. |
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| Production | Purchased for 7/6d from Anglo Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington "Saddlebag, Persian; 19th cent". One of three pieces: "They are all old pieces of good quality, and of course the price is merely nominal". CECT to HAK "These small pieces .... will give us some useful frames for schools and purchase .... at these nominal prices is recommended." HAK to the Director cf: no published comparison See T.204-1922 cf. structure T.336-1982 cf. structure and decorated plainweave T.32-1922 cf. trefoil design at edge T. 204-1922 cf. trefoil design of field |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.158-1932 |
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| Record created | October 2, 2008 |
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