Carpet
1800-1899 (made)
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Caucasian carpet, slit tapestry.
WARP: brown and brown/white wool; Z3S; 16-21 threads per inch (69-74 per dm).
WEFT: wool; Z2S; 10 colours: red, yellow, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, dark brown, brown, white; 46-52 threads per inch (197 per dm).
SIDE FINISH: one cord with returned weft
END FINISH: missing.
DESIGN: Field: a red ground with 5 bands of large, regular polygons, with 2 blue and 1 white, or 1 blue and 2 white per band, each containing a central lozenge and within it a cross on a vertical horned bar. Hooked tendrils come from the lozenge. Small crosses are in the field of the polygons in the top two bands. The secondary bands begin with serrated rectangles; the second band has a large square with a hooked diamond and several other small geometric motifs; the other bands have the square motif repeated evenly across the width. On both sides of the field is a row of small geometric motifs. Border: white ground with a dark brown and red zigzag line with horizontal bars across the points. This border has a toothed edge as have almost all the vertical and diagonal lines throughout this carpet.
WARP: brown and brown/white wool; Z3S; 16-21 threads per inch (69-74 per dm).
WEFT: wool; Z2S; 10 colours: red, yellow, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, dark brown, brown, white; 46-52 threads per inch (197 per dm).
SIDE FINISH: one cord with returned weft
END FINISH: missing.
DESIGN: Field: a red ground with 5 bands of large, regular polygons, with 2 blue and 1 white, or 1 blue and 2 white per band, each containing a central lozenge and within it a cross on a vertical horned bar. Hooked tendrils come from the lozenge. Small crosses are in the field of the polygons in the top two bands. The secondary bands begin with serrated rectangles; the second band has a large square with a hooked diamond and several other small geometric motifs; the other bands have the square motif repeated evenly across the width. On both sides of the field is a row of small geometric motifs. Border: white ground with a dark brown and red zigzag line with horizontal bars across the points. This border has a toothed edge as have almost all the vertical and diagonal lines throughout this carpet.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven wool |
| Brief description | Kelim woven carpet, Caucasian, ca. 1800-1899 |
| Physical description | Caucasian carpet, slit tapestry. WARP: brown and brown/white wool; Z3S; 16-21 threads per inch (69-74 per dm). WEFT: wool; Z2S; 10 colours: red, yellow, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, dark brown, brown, white; 46-52 threads per inch (197 per dm). SIDE FINISH: one cord with returned weft END FINISH: missing. DESIGN: Field: a red ground with 5 bands of large, regular polygons, with 2 blue and 1 white, or 1 blue and 2 white per band, each containing a central lozenge and within it a cross on a vertical horned bar. Hooked tendrils come from the lozenge. Small crosses are in the field of the polygons in the top two bands. The secondary bands begin with serrated rectangles; the second band has a large square with a hooked diamond and several other small geometric motifs; the other bands have the square motif repeated evenly across the width. On both sides of the field is a row of small geometric motifs. Border: white ground with a dark brown and red zigzag line with horizontal bars across the points. This border has a toothed edge as have almost all the vertical and diagonal lines throughout this carpet. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr. & Mrs. E.R. Hardy, in memory of Sarah Belcher Hardy |
| Production | Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 96, 100, 114 Azerbaijan, Soouth Caucasus, Shirvan region VoK Collection - Caucasus Persia, pub, 1996 4 similar designs described in 'kilims' Yanni Petsopoulos pp. 248-252 "Kuba Kilims with angular cartouches" |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.451-1976 |
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| Record created | February 2, 2006 |
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