Carpet
1850-1875 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Carpet Design: Field: dark blue ground with a small-scale Herati pattern with red diamonds outlined in green and with red and green leaves. There appears to be a colour change which may be an optical illusion resulting from a slight change in the size of the diamonds. Main border: red ground with an angular meander in green outlined in dark blue bearing blossoms in green and also in yellow. The side borders are slightly wider and there are slight design differences. Inner and outer borders: light blue ground with a small floral meander with red blossoms.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Wool knotted pile on silk foundation, symmetric knot.
Warp: dark red (faded), yellow, white silk; Z3S; 38 threads per inch (152 per dm); depressed.
Weft: Red (faded) silk; Z3S; one shoot after every two rows of knots; 22 knots per inch (88 per dm).
Pile: wool; 9 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, light green, very light green, dark blue, light blue, white. Symmetrical knot tied around two threads - it is possible that there is warp-sharing, that two knots are tied around three warp threads. 418 knots per sq. inch (6688 per sq. dm).
Side finish: one cord oversewn with faded purple silk.
End finish: Lower: 1cm plainweave, one row of warp twining and a warp fringe 7cm long with two rows of knots. Upper: 2.5cm plain weave with red wool; one row of weft twining with red/green wool; one row warp twining; a warp fringe 9cm long with two rows of knots. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on silk foundation, 'Herati' trellis pattern, possibly Sehna, Iran, 1850-1875 |
| Physical description | Carpet Design: Field: dark blue ground with a small-scale Herati pattern with red diamonds outlined in green and with red and green leaves. There appears to be a colour change which may be an optical illusion resulting from a slight change in the size of the diamonds. Main border: red ground with an angular meander in green outlined in dark blue bearing blossoms in green and also in yellow. The side borders are slightly wider and there are slight design differences. Inner and outer borders: light blue ground with a small floral meander with red blossoms. |
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| Object history | Purchased from Major Murdoch Smith |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 858-1876 |
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| Record created | August 13, 2007 |
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