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Carpet

ca. 1920 - ca. 1930 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Carpet. The carpet is a tapestry woven, with between 8.5 and 10 warp threads to the inch. The pattern consists of many coloured stiff weed-like flowers and grasses with waving stems lying across the width of the carpet. Small birds fly or stand among the plants. The plants do not change direction at the border, which is marked only at the ground by a change of colour from blue to red, the join being jagged along the long sides of the carpet and emphasised by a scattering of larger flower heads. Along the edges of the carpet is a narrow cresting in blue. The warp fringe is knotted into lozenges grouped in threes.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Tapestry woven
Brief description
Tapestry woven carpet, Romania, ca. 1920 - ca. 1930
Physical description
Carpet. The carpet is a tapestry woven, with between 8.5 and 10 warp threads to the inch. The pattern consists of many coloured stiff weed-like flowers and grasses with waving stems lying across the width of the carpet. Small birds fly or stand among the plants. The plants do not change direction at the border, which is marked only at the ground by a change of colour from blue to red, the join being jagged along the long sides of the carpet and emphasised by a scattering of larger flower heads. Along the edges of the carpet is a narrow cresting in blue. The warp fringe is knotted into lozenges grouped in threes.
Dimensions
  • Weight: 18kg
  • Top edge width: 2023mm
  • Bottom edge width: 2050mm
  • Proper right length: 3324mm
  • Proper left length: 3360mm
These measurements do not include the surrounding fringe. Weight including roller
Credit line
Given by Mrs Victoria Page
Object history
Registered File number 1963/1999
Historical context
According to the donor, this carpet came from the province of Oltenia and was made in the School of Arts and Crafts at Breaza. It is priobably more accurate to call this a carpet of Oltenia type, since carpets of different regional types were woven at Breaza, T. 149-1963 being an example.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.148-1963

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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