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Carpet

1920s (made)

Design of Ottoman-style cintamani triple-dots on cream ground, produced as a (fake) replica of Ottoman Turkish carpet, Romania.


Object details

Categories
Floor Coverings
Interiors
Textiles
Object type
Carpet
Materials and techniques
Warp: wool, Weft: wool, 2 passes; Pile: wool, symmetrical knot.
Wool
Knotted Pile
Brief description
Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, design of Ottoman-style cintamani triple-dots on cream ground, copy of Turkish carpet, Romania, c.1920-1930
Physical description
Design of Ottoman-style cintamani triple-dots on cream ground, produced as a (fake) replica of Ottoman Turkish carpet, Romania.
Dimensions
  • Length: 297cm
  • Width: 192cm
Bibliographic references
  • Jones, Mark (ed.), Fake? : The Art of Deception, Berkeley, University of California Press, 1990 p.227
  • Kendrick, A., F., & C.E.C. Tattersall, Handwoven Carpets, Oriental and European, 2 vols., 1922, p.46a, reference to the original carpet that this copies.
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.130-1933

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Record createdOctober 24, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84919/carpet/
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