Spindle Bag
1825-1875 (made)
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Spindle bag, also known as an ok-bash; hand-knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft; Central Asian, Turkoman, mid-19th century.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 21 threads per inch (85 per dm).
WEFT: dark brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 18 knots per inch (72 per dm).
PILE: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, dark brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 189 per sq. inch (3060 per sq.dm).
SIDE FINISH: (described as woven): left: (incomplete) 2 cords overcast in small blocks of red and green wool; right: missing.
END FINISH: (described as woven): evidence at both ends of narrow band of plainweave with white and then red wool, turned and secured by chevron overstitching in 2 blocks of red and 2 of blue for 5.5" (14 cms) from the top edge when in use. This would have strengthened the opening.
DESIGN: (described as in use): Field: 10 complete andd 2 incomplete bands of zigzags in green, red, dark blue and dark red with a line of small crosses in each. Along the top the last band of zigzags is filled in dark red with one of the crosses in each triangle. Along the bottom the triangles are in green and dark blue.
Main border: (lower and upper only): white ground with a linked floral motif in reds and dark blue with a pair of tendrils to tbe right of each.
Inner and Outer borders (on each side of the main border): a band of interlocking Y-motifs which extends along both sides of the piece. Above the top border and outside the side borders is a band of undecorated dark red. This becomes the ground for the bottom panel, now cut into triangles.
There are 4 small dark red triangles below the bottom border, each with 3 V-shaped bands, with small crosses, in dark blue, red and green, mirroring the zigzags in the field.
The warp runs the width of the bag when in use; this piece was woven with the points on theright hand side.
Date catalogued: 11.12.96
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 21 threads per inch (85 per dm).
WEFT: dark brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 18 knots per inch (72 per dm).
PILE: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, dark brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 189 per sq. inch (3060 per sq.dm).
SIDE FINISH: (described as woven): left: (incomplete) 2 cords overcast in small blocks of red and green wool; right: missing.
END FINISH: (described as woven): evidence at both ends of narrow band of plainweave with white and then red wool, turned and secured by chevron overstitching in 2 blocks of red and 2 of blue for 5.5" (14 cms) from the top edge when in use. This would have strengthened the opening.
DESIGN: (described as in use): Field: 10 complete andd 2 incomplete bands of zigzags in green, red, dark blue and dark red with a line of small crosses in each. Along the top the last band of zigzags is filled in dark red with one of the crosses in each triangle. Along the bottom the triangles are in green and dark blue.
Main border: (lower and upper only): white ground with a linked floral motif in reds and dark blue with a pair of tendrils to tbe right of each.
Inner and Outer borders (on each side of the main border): a band of interlocking Y-motifs which extends along both sides of the piece. Above the top border and outside the side borders is a band of undecorated dark red. This becomes the ground for the bottom panel, now cut into triangles.
There are 4 small dark red triangles below the bottom border, each with 3 V-shaped bands, with small crosses, in dark blue, red and green, mirroring the zigzags in the field.
The warp runs the width of the bag when in use; this piece was woven with the points on theright hand side.
Date catalogued: 11.12.96
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | hand-knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft |
| Brief description | 1825-1875, Turcoman; Ersari |
| Physical description | Spindle bag, also known as an ok-bash; hand-knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft; Central Asian, Turkoman, mid-19th century. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 21 threads per inch (85 per dm). WEFT: dark brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 18 knots per inch (72 per dm). PILE: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, dark brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 189 per sq. inch (3060 per sq.dm). SIDE FINISH: (described as woven): left: (incomplete) 2 cords overcast in small blocks of red and green wool; right: missing. END FINISH: (described as woven): evidence at both ends of narrow band of plainweave with white and then red wool, turned and secured by chevron overstitching in 2 blocks of red and 2 of blue for 5.5" (14 cms) from the top edge when in use. This would have strengthened the opening. DESIGN: (described as in use): Field: 10 complete andd 2 incomplete bands of zigzags in green, red, dark blue and dark red with a line of small crosses in each. Along the top the last band of zigzags is filled in dark red with one of the crosses in each triangle. Along the bottom the triangles are in green and dark blue. Main border: (lower and upper only): white ground with a linked floral motif in reds and dark blue with a pair of tendrils to tbe right of each. Inner and Outer borders (on each side of the main border): a band of interlocking Y-motifs which extends along both sides of the piece. Above the top border and outside the side borders is a band of undecorated dark red. This becomes the ground for the bottom panel, now cut into triangles. There are 4 small dark red triangles below the bottom border, each with 3 V-shaped bands, with small crosses, in dark blue, red and green, mirroring the zigzags in the field. The warp runs the width of the bag when in use; this piece was woven with the points on theright hand side. Date catalogued: 11.12.96 |
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| Production | Purchased for £3 from Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington |
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| Accession number | T.90-1925 |
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| Record created | August 1, 2002 |
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