Fragment
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Carpet fragment of woven wool.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (72 per dm).
WEFT: dark brown and grey wool used separately; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 9 knots per inch (33 per dm).
PILE: wool; 6 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around two threads; 81 knots per sq. inch (1188 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: Left: one cord oversewn. Right: cut.
END FINISH: cut.
DESIGN: field: brown ground with band of octagonal guls containing a stepped and hooked cross with eight-pointed stars in between.
Main border: red ground with blue hooked triangles and hooked meander.
Outer border: white zigzag.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (72 per dm).
WEFT: dark brown and grey wool used separately; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 9 knots per inch (33 per dm).
PILE: wool; 6 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around two threads; 81 knots per sq. inch (1188 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: Left: one cord oversewn. Right: cut.
END FINISH: cut.
DESIGN: field: brown ground with band of octagonal guls containing a stepped and hooked cross with eight-pointed stars in between.
Main border: red ground with blue hooked triangles and hooked meander.
Outer border: white zigzag.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven wool |
| Brief description | Carpet fragment of woven wool, Central Asia, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Carpet fragment of woven wool. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (72 per dm). WEFT: dark brown and grey wool used separately; Z spun, unplied; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 9 knots per inch (33 per dm). PILE: wool; 6 colours: red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around two threads; 81 knots per sq. inch (1188 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: Left: one cord oversewn. Right: cut. END FINISH: cut. DESIGN: field: brown ground with band of octagonal guls containing a stepped and hooked cross with eight-pointed stars in between. Main border: red ground with blue hooked triangles and hooked meander. Outer border: white zigzag. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Bernadout |
| Production | "(Retirement) Gift from Mr. Benardout of the Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington "Fragment of carpet, Persian (Beluch), 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 beuseful for teaching purposes and for showing designs so far unrepresented in our collection" RS - Director cf: Bogdynbov (1973) ill. 34, "Beluch rug from Turbat-i-Heydari" [Editor Thompson: "The Beluch are not of Turkoman origina..."] |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.63-1975 |
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| Record created | October 9, 2008 |
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