Carpet
1850-1870 (made)
| Place of origin |
Carpet Design:
Field: red ground of 27 bands of segmented botehs, each band containing 8.5-9 motifs, changing direction in every row, each separated by white crosses forming a lattice.
Borders from centre: a) checkered border - squares of yellow, red, blue and green surrounded by black and white dots; b) green ground, black and white meander with red flowers; c) as a); d) white ground, angular meander in black with stylised leaves and stem-shaped blossoms in red, green, blue, and yellow; e) as a).
Field: red ground of 27 bands of segmented botehs, each band containing 8.5-9 motifs, changing direction in every row, each separated by white crosses forming a lattice.
Borders from centre: a) checkered border - squares of yellow, red, blue and green surrounded by black and white dots; b) green ground, black and white meander with red flowers; c) as a); d) white ground, angular meander in black with stylised leaves and stem-shaped blossoms in red, green, blue, and yellow; e) as a).
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wool pile on wool foundation, asymmetrical knot.
Warp: white wool; Z2S; not depressed; 16 knots per sq. inch (64 per dm).
Weft: white wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row; 8 knots per sq. inch (30 per dm).
Pile: wool; colours: red, blue, yellow, black, green, and white; asymmetrical and tied around 2 warp threads.
Side finish: web of 2 cords overcast with white wool.
End finish: Lower: 5cm of plainweave with groups of warps twisted and knotted to create a fringe. Upper: 4cm plainweave white wool, warps twisted to form 13cm long fringe. |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, repeat design of boteh flowers on red ground, Iran, 1850-1870 |
| Physical description | Carpet Design: Field: red ground of 27 bands of segmented botehs, each band containing 8.5-9 motifs, changing direction in every row, each separated by white crosses forming a lattice. Borders from centre: a) checkered border - squares of yellow, red, blue and green surrounded by black and white dots; b) green ground, black and white meander with red flowers; c) as a); d) white ground, angular meander in black with stylised leaves and stem-shaped blossoms in red, green, blue, and yellow; e) as a). |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | Purchased at Maple & Co. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 59-1880 |
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| Record created | August 13, 2007 |
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