Carpet
19th century (made)
| Place of origin |
19th century carpet
WARP: white, brown and light brown plied with white wool; Z2S; 15 threads per inch (62 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (41 per dm).
PILE: wool; 13 colours: dark red, red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, dark purple, light purple, light pink, dark brown, brown, cream; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 83 knots per sq. inch (1271 per sq. dm); small areas of jufti knotting.
SIDE FINISH: left: missing. Right: incomplete but evidence of one cord oversewn with dark purple wool.
END FINISH: lower: incomplete but evidence of a line of plain soumak in brown wool over 3 and back under 2, then 2 cms. plain weave with brown/red/brown weft followed by a very small amount of pattern stitched in brown and white wool; in this area are a few tightly plied warp loops. CHECK. Upper: incomplete, but 2 cms. plain weave with red weft after a line of brown jufti knots; plain weave band divided by broken line of white/light purple stitches over 3 threads.
DESIGN: field: brown ground; 17 and two half bands of geometric blossoms in most colours, the bigger blossoms lying in four rows with a vertical/near horizontal lattice of leaves and stems in red outlined in blue with five blossoms within each frame.
Main border: brown ground with large floral rosettes in various colours in rectangles formed by foliate brackets.
Inner border: yellow ground with a red and blue floral meander (dark blue along the lower border).
Outer border: cream ground with dark red, dark blue, dark purple, light purple (and dark green in top border) stars with coloured centres linked by pairs of dark red or light purple brakcets.
WARP: white, brown and light brown plied with white wool; Z2S; 15 threads per inch (62 per dm).
WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (41 per dm).
PILE: wool; 13 colours: dark red, red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, dark purple, light purple, light pink, dark brown, brown, cream; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 83 knots per sq. inch (1271 per sq. dm); small areas of jufti knotting.
SIDE FINISH: left: missing. Right: incomplete but evidence of one cord oversewn with dark purple wool.
END FINISH: lower: incomplete but evidence of a line of plain soumak in brown wool over 3 and back under 2, then 2 cms. plain weave with brown/red/brown weft followed by a very small amount of pattern stitched in brown and white wool; in this area are a few tightly plied warp loops. CHECK. Upper: incomplete, but 2 cms. plain weave with red weft after a line of brown jufti knots; plain weave band divided by broken line of white/light purple stitches over 3 threads.
DESIGN: field: brown ground; 17 and two half bands of geometric blossoms in most colours, the bigger blossoms lying in four rows with a vertical/near horizontal lattice of leaves and stems in red outlined in blue with five blossoms within each frame.
Main border: brown ground with large floral rosettes in various colours in rectangles formed by foliate brackets.
Inner border: yellow ground with a red and blue floral meander (dark blue along the lower border).
Outer border: cream ground with dark red, dark blue, dark purple, light purple (and dark green in top border) stars with coloured centres linked by pairs of dark red or light purple brakcets.
Object details
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| Brief description | 1800s, Caucasian; Karadagh |
| Physical description | 19th century carpet WARP: white, brown and light brown plied with white wool; Z2S; 15 threads per inch (62 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (41 per dm). PILE: wool; 13 colours: dark red, red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, dark purple, light purple, light pink, dark brown, brown, cream; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 83 knots per sq. inch (1271 per sq. dm); small areas of jufti knotting. SIDE FINISH: left: missing. Right: incomplete but evidence of one cord oversewn with dark purple wool. END FINISH: lower: incomplete but evidence of a line of plain soumak in brown wool over 3 and back under 2, then 2 cms. plain weave with brown/red/brown weft followed by a very small amount of pattern stitched in brown and white wool; in this area are a few tightly plied warp loops. CHECK. Upper: incomplete, but 2 cms. plain weave with red weft after a line of brown jufti knots; plain weave band divided by broken line of white/light purple stitches over 3 threads. DESIGN: field: brown ground; 17 and two half bands of geometric blossoms in most colours, the bigger blossoms lying in four rows with a vertical/near horizontal lattice of leaves and stems in red outlined in blue with five blossoms within each frame. Main border: brown ground with large floral rosettes in various colours in rectangles formed by foliate brackets. Inner border: yellow ground with a red and blue floral meander (dark blue along the lower border). Outer border: cream ground with dark red, dark blue, dark purple, light purple (and dark green in top border) stars with coloured centres linked by pairs of dark red or light purple brakcets. |
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| Object history | Purchased for the Museum by Robert Murdoch Smith, from Sidney Churchill in Tehran, this was acquired as a batch of fourteen carpets and carpet fragments and ten specimens of qalamkari printed cotton. Murdoch Smith wrote: "Among the articles are a number of carpets and pieces of carpets of the 17th century and earlier date (some as early as the end of the 15th century or beginning of the 16th century) which will, I think, form a valuable addition to the Museum collection. Some of the best specimens - small pieces, not whole carpets - were got from the rufuqir or darners of worn and torn carpets in the Teheran bazaar." |
| Production | Karadagh Purchased from Mr. S Churchill, through Murdoch Smith, Teheran, described as "small old carpet (180 years old) 32 krans" Referred to in "Azerbaijani Carpets in the V & A" by Latif Kerimov. Published International Symposium, Baku, 1983, p. 31, pl. 23 cf: Bennett (1981) illus. 93 "Karabagh, late 19th c./early 20th c.", for outer border. Thompson (1983) page 113 "Kazak, nineteenth century" also for outer border Ford (1981) illus. 82, "Yalameh .... with .... other Persian origins.... use the Herati border design...." for inner border. |
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| Accession number | 149-1884 |
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| Record created | October 20, 2005 |
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