Saddle Cover
19th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
Saddle cover of knotted wool pile and cotton.
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 25 threads per inch (96 per dm); depressed.
WEFT: pink cotton; Z2S with 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (45 per dm).
PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, orange, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple (faded), white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 137 knots per sq. inch (2160 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: left: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. Right: missing
END FINISH: cut. Traces of plain weave along the top centre and left hand slope with pink cotton weft.
DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with central stylised floral sprig, rows of small white stars and surrounding line of small botehs. The field includes a red ground panel at each end also containing stylised floral sprig and yellow stars.
Innermost border: reciprocal horned triangles in red and dark blue reduced to reciprocal single hooks on the sloping sides.
Main border: white ground with floral meander.
Inner and outer borders: red ground with floriate meander.
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 25 threads per inch (96 per dm); depressed.
WEFT: pink cotton; Z2S with 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (45 per dm).
PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, orange, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple (faded), white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 137 knots per sq. inch (2160 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: left: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. Right: missing
END FINISH: cut. Traces of plain weave along the top centre and left hand slope with pink cotton weft.
DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with central stylised floral sprig, rows of small white stars and surrounding line of small botehs. The field includes a red ground panel at each end also containing stylised floral sprig and yellow stars.
Innermost border: reciprocal horned triangles in red and dark blue reduced to reciprocal single hooks on the sloping sides.
Main border: white ground with floral meander.
Inner and outer borders: red ground with floriate meander.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Knotted wool pile and cotton |
| Brief description | Saddle cover of knotted wool pile and cotton, Iran, 19th century |
| Physical description | Saddle cover of knotted wool pile and cotton. WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 25 threads per inch (96 per dm); depressed. WEFT: pink cotton; Z2S with 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (45 per dm). PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, orange, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple (faded), white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 137 knots per sq. inch (2160 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: left: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. Right: missing END FINISH: cut. Traces of plain weave along the top centre and left hand slope with pink cotton weft. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with central stylised floral sprig, rows of small white stars and surrounding line of small botehs. The field includes a red ground panel at each end also containing stylised floral sprig and yellow stars. Innermost border: reciprocal horned triangles in red and dark blue reduced to reciprocal single hooks on the sloping sides. Main border: white ground with floral meander. Inner and outer borders: red ground with floriate meander. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.189-1932 |
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| Record created | March 13, 2008 |
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