Carpet
mid 19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
Warp: white wool; Z2S; 11 threads to the inch (44 per dm).
Weft: wool, NB: the lower third is red, the rest is predominantly light brown with dark brown, dark blue and yellow; Z2S; 7 knots to the inch (28 per dm); 2 shoots after each row of knots.
Pile: wool; 11 colours: red, light red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, purple, light brown, dark brown/black, white; symmetrically knotted around 2 warp threads; 38 knots to the sq. inch. (616 per sq. dm).
Side finish: both sides have one cord oversewn with red wool.
End finish: lower: 2.5 cm. plain weave with red weft; 3 rows of decorative stitching: inner and outer in light blue/dark brown over 2 threads and the middle in light blueyellow; one cord at the lower edge. Upper: 2.5 cm. plain weave with yellow weft; 3 rows of decorative stitching: inner and outer in red/green over 2 threads and the middle in red/dark blue. The warp threads are plaited along the edge, with warp threads max 10.5 cm. in 4s, heavily twisted and knotted to form a fringe.
Design: field: dark blue ground with 25 bands of stylised floral sprigs alternating two or three to a band, the components of each band being of the same colour. Some infilling with florets and S motifs.
Main border: white ground with multi-coloured floral meander.
Inner and outer border: red ground with flowing floral meander with purple and red flowerheads on black meandering stem.
Weft: wool, NB: the lower third is red, the rest is predominantly light brown with dark brown, dark blue and yellow; Z2S; 7 knots to the inch (28 per dm); 2 shoots after each row of knots.
Pile: wool; 11 colours: red, light red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, purple, light brown, dark brown/black, white; symmetrically knotted around 2 warp threads; 38 knots to the sq. inch. (616 per sq. dm).
Side finish: both sides have one cord oversewn with red wool.
End finish: lower: 2.5 cm. plain weave with red weft; 3 rows of decorative stitching: inner and outer in light blue/dark brown over 2 threads and the middle in light blueyellow; one cord at the lower edge. Upper: 2.5 cm. plain weave with yellow weft; 3 rows of decorative stitching: inner and outer in red/green over 2 threads and the middle in red/dark blue. The warp threads are plaited along the edge, with warp threads max 10.5 cm. in 4s, heavily twisted and knotted to form a fringe.
Design: field: dark blue ground with 25 bands of stylised floral sprigs alternating two or three to a band, the components of each band being of the same colour. Some infilling with florets and S motifs.
Main border: white ground with multi-coloured floral meander.
Inner and outer border: red ground with flowing floral meander with purple and red flowerheads on black meandering stem.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | weaving, wool |
| Brief description | 1860-1880, Persian; Kurdistan |
| Physical description | Warp: white wool; Z2S; 11 threads to the inch (44 per dm). Weft: wool, NB: the lower third is red, the rest is predominantly light brown with dark brown, dark blue and yellow; Z2S; 7 knots to the inch (28 per dm); 2 shoots after each row of knots. Pile: wool; 11 colours: red, light red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, purple, light brown, dark brown/black, white; symmetrically knotted around 2 warp threads; 38 knots to the sq. inch. (616 per sq. dm). Side finish: both sides have one cord oversewn with red wool. End finish: lower: 2.5 cm. plain weave with red weft; 3 rows of decorative stitching: inner and outer in light blue/dark brown over 2 threads and the middle in light blueyellow; one cord at the lower edge. Upper: 2.5 cm. plain weave with yellow weft; 3 rows of decorative stitching: inner and outer in red/green over 2 threads and the middle in red/dark blue. The warp threads are plaited along the edge, with warp threads max 10.5 cm. in 4s, heavily twisted and knotted to form a fringe. Design: field: dark blue ground with 25 bands of stylised floral sprigs alternating two or three to a band, the components of each band being of the same colour. Some infilling with florets and S motifs. Main border: white ground with multi-coloured floral meander. Inner and outer border: red ground with flowing floral meander with purple and red flowerheads on black meandering stem. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Lt.-Col. Murdoch Smith. |
| Production | Joshagan |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 301-1884 |
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| Record created | August 25, 2005 |
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