Carpet
1850-1900 (made)
| Place of origin |
WARP: White, cotton, Z4S; density 16/inch (64 dm.
WEFT: wool; light red; 2 spun unplied 2//per shoot; 2 shoots after 1 row of knots
7 rows of knots to inch (26 dm)
PILE: knotted, wool; 10 colours: red, purple, dark brown, yellow, white, green, dark blue, mid blue; mid pink and dark pink on lower left border. Asymmetrical, open to left, tied round 2 warp threads.
SIDE FINISH: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wool
END FINISH: missing - both ends.
DESIGN: 1 Field: red ground, corner spandrels (small) each containing red floral motifs on white ground; edge of spandrel "crenellated". Main pattern : Herati. 3 vertical rows of 3 and 1/2 bands. Diamond blue, leaves blue, yellow and red.
Main border: white ground, angular red meander, blossoms in all colours.
3. Guard: inner and outer same. Red ground. Yellow meander outlined in dark blue with cross-shaped flowers.
Repair upper left corner.
Outer border missing along top.
Inner and outmost border (missing at top). Reciprocal trevoil in blue and red outlined in white.
Lower edge: green replaces blue.
WEFT: wool; light red; 2 spun unplied 2//per shoot; 2 shoots after 1 row of knots
7 rows of knots to inch (26 dm)
PILE: knotted, wool; 10 colours: red, purple, dark brown, yellow, white, green, dark blue, mid blue; mid pink and dark pink on lower left border. Asymmetrical, open to left, tied round 2 warp threads.
SIDE FINISH: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wool
END FINISH: missing - both ends.
DESIGN: 1 Field: red ground, corner spandrels (small) each containing red floral motifs on white ground; edge of spandrel "crenellated". Main pattern : Herati. 3 vertical rows of 3 and 1/2 bands. Diamond blue, leaves blue, yellow and red.
Main border: white ground, angular red meander, blossoms in all colours.
3. Guard: inner and outer same. Red ground. Yellow meander outlined in dark blue with cross-shaped flowers.
Repair upper left corner.
Outer border missing along top.
Inner and outmost border (missing at top). Reciprocal trevoil in blue and red outlined in white.
Lower edge: green replaces blue.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on cotton warp and wool weft, 'Herati' design on red ground, Farahan, Iran, 1850-1900 |
| Physical description | WARP: White, cotton, Z4S; density 16/inch (64 dm. WEFT: wool; light red; 2 spun unplied 2//per shoot; 2 shoots after 1 row of knots 7 rows of knots to inch (26 dm) PILE: knotted, wool; 10 colours: red, purple, dark brown, yellow, white, green, dark blue, mid blue; mid pink and dark pink on lower left border. Asymmetrical, open to left, tied round 2 warp threads. SIDE FINISH: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wool END FINISH: missing - both ends. DESIGN: 1 Field: red ground, corner spandrels (small) each containing red floral motifs on white ground; edge of spandrel "crenellated". Main pattern : Herati. 3 vertical rows of 3 and 1/2 bands. Diamond blue, leaves blue, yellow and red. Main border: white ground, angular red meander, blossoms in all colours. 3. Guard: inner and outer same. Red ground. Yellow meander outlined in dark blue with cross-shaped flowers. Repair upper left corner. Outer border missing along top. Inner and outmost border (missing at top). Reciprocal trevoil in blue and red outlined in white. Lower edge: green replaces blue. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Patrice Fontaine, Le tapis persan ou le jardin de l'eternel printemps (Paris: 1990) p.126. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.583-1919 |
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| Record created | March 6, 2008 |
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