Carpet
1850-1900 (made)
| Place of origin |
Prayer carpet; slit tapestry with some outlining in the lower part of the field.
WARP: light brown and brown wool; Z2S; 9-13 threads per inch (36-49 per dm).
WEFT: wool; Z-spun, unplied; cotton; Z2S and Z3S; 12 colours: very dark red, dark red, red, light red; orange, yellow, green, dark blue, light purple, light brown, (may have faded from green), black, white (cotton)..
SIDE FINISH: returned weft
END FINISH: Lower: warp loops and chained weft and 1 cm. plainweave with light brown weft. Upper: two passes of dark red/purple wool with a cabled fringe max. 28 cms. long; these are thicker along the last 3 cms. and are secured by being bound. Some of the individual threads end with a knot.
DESIGN: Field: green ground with along and narrow very dark red niche with ends with a blunt arch which is horned. Above and below this niche is a band of 5 spanner-shapes. A light purple toothed stem comes from a purple X at the bottom of the niche and has 6 pairs of geometric blossoms, very small rosettes and geometric devices along its length. On either side of the niche are a variety of stepped and horned crosses in many colours.
Inner border: red ground with similar crosses along sides and at top and bottom a floral meander on white cotton stem.
Outer border: dark blue ground with a dark red zigzag stem along centre of sides with a half spanner from each point and with a crossed cross in each recess. Along the bottom these lie inside an angular meander. Along the top this becomes a narrow band with the geometric meander in light red containing incomplete flowerheads.
Lower band: very dark red and white interlocking geometric shapes, below are bands of dark red/blue/red.
Upper band: similar but black and white.
The niche has a vertical reciprocal toothed edge with the field and the borders joined by white vertical cotton toothed lines.
WARP: light brown and brown wool; Z2S; 9-13 threads per inch (36-49 per dm).
WEFT: wool; Z-spun, unplied; cotton; Z2S and Z3S; 12 colours: very dark red, dark red, red, light red; orange, yellow, green, dark blue, light purple, light brown, (may have faded from green), black, white (cotton)..
SIDE FINISH: returned weft
END FINISH: Lower: warp loops and chained weft and 1 cm. plainweave with light brown weft. Upper: two passes of dark red/purple wool with a cabled fringe max. 28 cms. long; these are thicker along the last 3 cms. and are secured by being bound. Some of the individual threads end with a knot.
DESIGN: Field: green ground with along and narrow very dark red niche with ends with a blunt arch which is horned. Above and below this niche is a band of 5 spanner-shapes. A light purple toothed stem comes from a purple X at the bottom of the niche and has 6 pairs of geometric blossoms, very small rosettes and geometric devices along its length. On either side of the niche are a variety of stepped and horned crosses in many colours.
Inner border: red ground with similar crosses along sides and at top and bottom a floral meander on white cotton stem.
Outer border: dark blue ground with a dark red zigzag stem along centre of sides with a half spanner from each point and with a crossed cross in each recess. Along the bottom these lie inside an angular meander. Along the top this becomes a narrow band with the geometric meander in light red containing incomplete flowerheads.
Lower band: very dark red and white interlocking geometric shapes, below are bands of dark red/blue/red.
Upper band: similar but black and white.
The niche has a vertical reciprocal toothed edge with the field and the borders joined by white vertical cotton toothed lines.
Object details
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| Brief description | Turkish |
| Physical description | Prayer carpet; slit tapestry with some outlining in the lower part of the field. WARP: light brown and brown wool; Z2S; 9-13 threads per inch (36-49 per dm). WEFT: wool; Z-spun, unplied; cotton; Z2S and Z3S; 12 colours: very dark red, dark red, red, light red; orange, yellow, green, dark blue, light purple, light brown, (may have faded from green), black, white (cotton).. SIDE FINISH: returned weft END FINISH: Lower: warp loops and chained weft and 1 cm. plainweave with light brown weft. Upper: two passes of dark red/purple wool with a cabled fringe max. 28 cms. long; these are thicker along the last 3 cms. and are secured by being bound. Some of the individual threads end with a knot. DESIGN: Field: green ground with along and narrow very dark red niche with ends with a blunt arch which is horned. Above and below this niche is a band of 5 spanner-shapes. A light purple toothed stem comes from a purple X at the bottom of the niche and has 6 pairs of geometric blossoms, very small rosettes and geometric devices along its length. On either side of the niche are a variety of stepped and horned crosses in many colours. Inner border: red ground with similar crosses along sides and at top and bottom a floral meander on white cotton stem. Outer border: dark blue ground with a dark red zigzag stem along centre of sides with a half spanner from each point and with a crossed cross in each recess. Along the bottom these lie inside an angular meander. Along the top this becomes a narrow band with the geometric meander in light red containing incomplete flowerheads. Lower band: very dark red and white interlocking geometric shapes, below are bands of dark red/blue/red. Upper band: similar but black and white. The niche has a vertical reciprocal toothed edge with the field and the borders joined by white vertical cotton toothed lines. |
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| Object history | Gift of A. M. Woodward, British School of Archaeology, Athens. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.139-1924 |
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| Record created | March 23, 2006 |
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