Carpet End
19th century (made)
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Carpet end of kelim with fringe. The red ground is embroidered with egg-shaped striped motifs in blue, regularly arranged.
WARP: light brown wool; Z2S; 14 threads per inch (54 per dm).
WEFT: Foundation: red and green wool; Z spun, unplied: 2 parallel threads per shoot; 30 threads per inch (108 per dm); Pattern: blue and green wool; Z spun, unplied; 3 parallel threads per shoot.
SIDE FINISH: Left: 6 sets of 3 warp threads making a web with thick, dark brown, supplementary weft. Right: cut
END FINISH: Lower: plain weave with paired cream weft (maximum 1.5 cm.) and loose warp threads. Upper: cut
DESIGN: Field: red ground; lower end has two passes of red and green soumak. Halfway up there is a green band of 1.2 cm. and traces of a blue band at the upper edge. Above and below the green band there is a row of identical geometric motifs - some green, some blue.
WARP: light brown wool; Z2S; 14 threads per inch (54 per dm).
WEFT: Foundation: red and green wool; Z spun, unplied: 2 parallel threads per shoot; 30 threads per inch (108 per dm); Pattern: blue and green wool; Z spun, unplied; 3 parallel threads per shoot.
SIDE FINISH: Left: 6 sets of 3 warp threads making a web with thick, dark brown, supplementary weft. Right: cut
END FINISH: Lower: plain weave with paired cream weft (maximum 1.5 cm.) and loose warp threads. Upper: cut
DESIGN: Field: red ground; lower end has two passes of red and green soumak. Halfway up there is a green band of 1.2 cm. and traces of a blue band at the upper edge. Above and below the green band there is a row of identical geometric motifs - some green, some blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Kelim, embroidered |
| Brief description | Carpet end of embroidered kelim, Central Asia, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Carpet end of kelim with fringe. The red ground is embroidered with egg-shaped striped motifs in blue, regularly arranged. WARP: light brown wool; Z2S; 14 threads per inch (54 per dm). WEFT: Foundation: red and green wool; Z spun, unplied: 2 parallel threads per shoot; 30 threads per inch (108 per dm); Pattern: blue and green wool; Z spun, unplied; 3 parallel threads per shoot. SIDE FINISH: Left: 6 sets of 3 warp threads making a web with thick, dark brown, supplementary weft. Right: cut END FINISH: Lower: plain weave with paired cream weft (maximum 1.5 cm.) and loose warp threads. Upper: cut DESIGN: Field: red ground; lower end has two passes of red and green soumak. Halfway up there is a green band of 1.2 cm. and traces of a blue band at the upper edge. Above and below the green band there is a row of identical geometric motifs - some green, some blue. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Bernadout |
| 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, 315. (Retirement) gift from Mr. Benardout of the Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington "End of carpet, kelim and embroidery, Turcoman? 19th c." "I write to thank you most cordially for your kindness in allowing the Museum to select from your stock such carpet fragments as will be useful for teaching purposes and for showing designs so far unrepresented in our collection" -RS. Director |
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| Accession number | T.60-1975 |
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| Record created | October 9, 2008 |
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