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Carpet

1900-1939 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Carpet of knotted pile and flat-weave. Narrow border along all four sides. Knotted pile in the form of zigzags. The field is made up of 15 main bands.
Numbering them from the bottom they are:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 - a band of cream plain weave with three stepped triangles in coloured pile.
2, 4, 10, 14 - a band of dark brown plain weave with three stepped triangles in coloured pile.
4 and 12 - a band of coloured pile which is divided into five squares each of which contains two opposed hooked triangles. Those of band 4 are worked in mid-brown and those of band 12 in dark brown. These two bands lie between narrower bands, one of weft-faced patterning and one of pile on each side.
8 - a broad band of coloured pile which contains five stepped lozenges. There is a narrow band of pile and one of weft-faced patterning on either side of this.

WARP: 2ZS wool, brown and cream twisted together. 12 threads per inch (5 per cm).
WEFT: Cream wool and dark brown wool. 56 wefts per inch (20 per cm); 16 shoots of weft between each row of knots.
KNOT: Symmetrical tied around two warp threads. 24 knots per square inch (252 per d.cm). Wool pile. Red, green, yellow, white, blue, mid-brown and dark brown colours.
SIDE FINISH: Two cords woven around separately with the weft.
BOTTOM FINISH: Warp threads looped around a brown weft. Then 1 cm plain weave in cream, 1 cm cream and brown chevrons and 1 cm cream plain weave.
TOP FINISH: 1 cm band with thick brown weft, one pass of brown twinned weft and one of cream, 1 cm band with thick brown weft. This has been turned along the line of the twinning and stitched in place. Brown wool has been sewn along the fold to form a single-knot fringe, the ends of which have not been cut but have been looped into the knot.
Although the bands of weft-faced patterning continue across the entire width, the designs have been simplified in the border area to make it easier to knot the border design.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Knotted pile and flat-weave woollen carpet
Brief description
Woollen carpet of knotted pile and flat-weave, Morocco, 1900-1939
Physical description
Carpet of knotted pile and flat-weave. Narrow border along all four sides. Knotted pile in the form of zigzags. The field is made up of 15 main bands.
Numbering them from the bottom they are:
1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 - a band of cream plain weave with three stepped triangles in coloured pile.
2, 4, 10, 14 - a band of dark brown plain weave with three stepped triangles in coloured pile.
4 and 12 - a band of coloured pile which is divided into five squares each of which contains two opposed hooked triangles. Those of band 4 are worked in mid-brown and those of band 12 in dark brown. These two bands lie between narrower bands, one of weft-faced patterning and one of pile on each side.
8 - a broad band of coloured pile which contains five stepped lozenges. There is a narrow band of pile and one of weft-faced patterning on either side of this.

WARP: 2ZS wool, brown and cream twisted together. 12 threads per inch (5 per cm).
WEFT: Cream wool and dark brown wool. 56 wefts per inch (20 per cm); 16 shoots of weft between each row of knots.
KNOT: Symmetrical tied around two warp threads. 24 knots per square inch (252 per d.cm). Wool pile. Red, green, yellow, white, blue, mid-brown and dark brown colours.
SIDE FINISH: Two cords woven around separately with the weft.
BOTTOM FINISH: Warp threads looped around a brown weft. Then 1 cm plain weave in cream, 1 cm cream and brown chevrons and 1 cm cream plain weave.
TOP FINISH: 1 cm band with thick brown weft, one pass of brown twinned weft and one of cream, 1 cm band with thick brown weft. This has been turned along the line of the twinning and stitched in place. Brown wool has been sewn along the fold to form a single-knot fringe, the ends of which have not been cut but have been looped into the knot.
Although the bands of weft-faced patterning continue across the entire width, the designs have been simplified in the border area to make it easier to knot the border design.
Dimensions
  • Top edge width: 1320mm
  • Bottom edge width: 1430mm
  • Proper right length: 3980mm
  • Proper left length: 3970mm
  • Weight: 17kg
Weight including roller
Credit line
Given by Omar Bourhili
Object history
Registered File number 1992/298.
Possibly woven by Berbers in the middle of the High Atlas Mountains, by the Ouaouzguites who call such a carpet a glaoua.
Production
Possibly woven by Berbers in the middle of the High Atlas Mountains.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.9-1992

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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