Carpet Fragment
1800-1880
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Warp: white wool; Z2S; 16 threads per inch (60 per dm).
Weft: white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (38 per dm).
Pile: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 80 knots per sq. inch (1140 per sq. dm).
Side finish: cut.
End finish: lower - cut; upper - missing.
Design: down the right-hand side there are 4 narrow borders: yellow, blue, red, and dark blue.
Weft: white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (38 per dm).
Pile: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 80 knots per sq. inch (1140 per sq. dm).
Side finish: cut.
End finish: lower - cut; upper - missing.
Design: down the right-hand side there are 4 narrow borders: yellow, blue, red, and dark blue.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on wool warp and cotton weft, Iran, 1800-1880 |
| Physical description | Warp: white wool; Z2S; 16 threads per inch (60 per dm). Weft: white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 10 knots per inch (38 per dm). Pile: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 80 knots per sq. inch (1140 per sq. dm). Side finish: cut. End finish: lower - cut; upper - missing. Design: down the right-hand side there are 4 narrow borders: yellow, blue, red, and dark blue. |
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| Object history | 414, 414A, and 414B-1884 purchased together. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414A-1884 |
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| Record created | September 24, 2007 |
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