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Bag Face

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bag face of knotted woollen pile.

WARP: white wool; Z2S; 23 threads per inch (100 per dm).

WEFT: light brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after every row of knots; 19 knots per inch (80 per dm).

PILE: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, light red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, light pink, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 218 knots per sq. inch (4000 per sq. dm).

SIDE FINISH: 2 cords oversewn with red wool.

END FINISH: Lower: 5 cms. plain weave, turned and stitched in place; one row of symmetrical knots tied around 6 threads (to form a blue (?) fringe). Upper 2.5 cms. plain weave.

DESIGN: field: red ground; rectangle with central band of four guls bordered by niches and rectangular blocks.

Main border: red ground; guls containing cross-shapes alternating with X-shaped motifs.

Inner and outer border: red ground with bracketed diamonds.

Outermost border: red ground with hooked zigzag along both sides and V-motifs on zigzag on top and bottom.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Knotted woollen pile
Brief description
Bag face of knotted woollen pile, Central Asia, 19th century
Physical description
Bag face of knotted woollen pile.

WARP: white wool; Z2S; 23 threads per inch (100 per dm).

WEFT: light brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after every row of knots; 19 knots per inch (80 per dm).

PILE: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, light red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, light pink, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 218 knots per sq. inch (4000 per sq. dm).

SIDE FINISH: 2 cords oversewn with red wool.

END FINISH: Lower: 5 cms. plain weave, turned and stitched in place; one row of symmetrical knots tied around 6 threads (to form a blue (?) fringe). Upper 2.5 cms. plain weave.

DESIGN: field: red ground; rectangle with central band of four guls bordered by niches and rectangular blocks.

Main border: red ground; guls containing cross-shapes alternating with X-shaped motifs.

Inner and outer border: red ground with bracketed diamonds.

Outermost border: red ground with hooked zigzag along both sides and V-motifs on zigzag on top and bottom.
Dimensions
  • Length: 45cm
  • Width: 111cm
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, 304, 306, 315.

Anonymous gift "rug, wool and silk. Turkoman; (Western Tekke or Yomud). 19th century (Juval).

cf: Elena Tzareva (1984) ill. 15. "Saryk torba, first half of the 19th century"; ill. 112 "Arabatchi (Ersari group) asmalyk, not later than mid 19th century".

Azadi (1975) ill. 31, "Saryk torba, 19th century".

NB: Jon Thompson (1983) ill. top P.15, "Saryk Turkmen, 19th century".
Collection
Accession number
T.80-1964

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Record createdOctober 9, 2008
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