Carpet
1870-1880 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Boteh is the name given to the small cone-shaped motif in the field of this carpet.
It became a popular motif in Persian and Caucasian carpets in the 19th century and is derived from the shape of a flowering shrub in which the tallest flower droops slightly to one side. It became the dominant motif on woven shawls in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and is sometimes called the paisley motif because it frequently appeared on shawls woven in Paisley, Scotland.
It became a popular motif in Persian and Caucasian carpets in the 19th century and is derived from the shape of a flowering shrub in which the tallest flower droops slightly to one side. It became the dominant motif on woven shawls in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and is sometimes called the paisley motif because it frequently appeared on shawls woven in Paisley, Scotland.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hand knotted wool pile, on wool warp and cotton weft; symmetrical knot; 60-68 knots per sq. in (957-990 per sq. dm)
Warp: light brown wool; Z3S; 17 threads per inch (66 per dm).
Weft: white cotton; Z3S; 2 occasionally 3 shoots of weft after each row of knots; 7-8 knots per inch (29-30 per dm).
Pile: wool; 12 colours: dark red, red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, purple, pink, dark brown, brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around two threads; 60-68 knots per sq.inch (957-990 per sq. dm).
Side Finish: missing
END FINISH: missing |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool warp and cotton weft, design of boteh (paisley) motifs within red trellis on dark blue ground, Azerbaijan, 1870-1880 |
| Physical description | Carpet Design: Field:dark blue ground with a lattice of 3 dark green ovals outlined in red and joined by red crosses outlined in white with bands of 4 or 3 and two half botehs containing a stylized floral sprig; the bands alternate in direction and the variation in colour creates diagonal bands from lower right to upper left. Main border: red ground with an angular rosette motif around a square containing a quartered diamond, such diamonds lying in pairs between each rosette. Inner border: yellow ground with sttylized floral meander on a dark brown stem with blue diamond-shaped leaves and blossoms in most colours. Outer border: white ground; same as inner border. Catalogue Date:5.5.98 |
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| Production | mentioned and illustrated: "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A" by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro by Donald King). Hali 1980., Vol. 3., No.2, p. 95, 102, 103, 114 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Boteh is the name given to the small cone-shaped motif in the field of this carpet. It became a popular motif in Persian and Caucasian carpets in the 19th century and is derived from the shape of a flowering shrub in which the tallest flower droops slightly to one side. It became the dominant motif on woven shawls in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and is sometimes called the paisley motif because it frequently appeared on shawls woven in Paisley, Scotland. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 56-1880 |
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| Record created | August 13, 2002 |
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