Carpet
1525-1550 (made)
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Although this 16th century Ottoman Court Carpet may look complete, a close examination of it will reveal at least six large pieces which have been seamed together. There is an almost identical square carpet in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and fragments in Washington, Cairo, Stockholm and in the V&A (336 and 337-1892). Altogether there are 21 related pieces scattered across several collections. Originally these would have formed a pair of large carpets decorated with a repeating pattern of oval medallions.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Analysed through glass:
Warp: wool, S4Z, white;
Weft: wool, S-spun unplied, red, 3 double thread per shoot. Given the weave stucture and the knotting used, the carpet is attributed to Cairo rather than centres in Ottoman Turkey.
Knots: wool, asymmetrical, open to the left. |
| Brief description | Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, composite arrangement of fragments, design of central ogival medallion with quarter medallions at corners, on red ground, Ottoman court, probably Cairo, Egypt, 1525-1550 |
| Physical description | Carpet with large ogival medallion at the centre and quarter medallions at the corners, in blue against a crimson ground of floral decoration. |
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| Gallery label | Although this 16th century Ottoman Court Carpet may look complete, a close examination of it will reveal at least six large pieces which have been seamed together. There is an almost identical square carpet in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and fragments in Washington, Cairo, Stockholm and in the V&A (336 and 337-1892). Altogether there are 21 related pieces scattered across several collections. Originally these would have formed a pair of large carpets decorated with a repeating pattern of oval medallions.(1997-17/11/2003) |
| Summary | Although this 16th century Ottoman Court Carpet may look complete, a close examination of it will reveal at least six large pieces which have been seamed together. There is an almost identical square carpet in the Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris and fragments in Washington, Cairo, Stockholm and in the V&A (336 and 337-1892). Altogether there are 21 related pieces scattered across several collections. Originally these would have formed a pair of large carpets decorated with a repeating pattern of oval medallions. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Donald King, Robert Pinner and Michael Franses, "East Mediterranean Carpets in the Victoria & Albert Museum", HALI, 4/1 (1981) pp.36-52: 43-44, fig.4. |
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| Accession number | 1-1888 |
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| Record created | April 3, 2003 |
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