Carpet
late 19th century (made)
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Carpet with a woollen pile and cotton.
WARP: white cotton; CHECK; S5Z; depressed; 22 threads to the inch (90 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton (now pale pink, probably after the bleeding of other colours); CHECK spt; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 13 knots to the inch (50 per dm).
PILE: wool. 12 colours: light red, yellow, light yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, dark brown, brown, white; asymmetrical knot, open to the right and tied around 2 threads; 143 knots to the sq. inch (2250 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: both sides have 1 cord oversewn with purple and green wool.
END FINISH: Lower: 3 cms plain weave, incomplete. Upper: 4 cms maximum, plain weave complete with 1 decorative shoot of green and purple wool over 6 warp threads, with remains of attached knotted fringe.
DESIGN: field with a dark blue ground with 13 bands of approximately eight botehs offset and coloured to create lower left/upper right diagonals; each boteh contains a flower on a white ground.
Main border: blue ground with large, stylised palmettes.
Inner and outer borders: red ground with indistinct blossoms.
WARP: white cotton; CHECK; S5Z; depressed; 22 threads to the inch (90 per dm).
WEFT: white cotton (now pale pink, probably after the bleeding of other colours); CHECK spt; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 13 knots to the inch (50 per dm).
PILE: wool. 12 colours: light red, yellow, light yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, dark brown, brown, white; asymmetrical knot, open to the right and tied around 2 threads; 143 knots to the sq. inch (2250 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: both sides have 1 cord oversewn with purple and green wool.
END FINISH: Lower: 3 cms plain weave, incomplete. Upper: 4 cms maximum, plain weave complete with 1 decorative shoot of green and purple wool over 6 warp threads, with remains of attached knotted fringe.
DESIGN: field with a dark blue ground with 13 bands of approximately eight botehs offset and coloured to create lower left/upper right diagonals; each boteh contains a flower on a white ground.
Main border: blue ground with large, stylised palmettes.
Inner and outer borders: red ground with indistinct blossoms.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woollen pile and cotton |
| Brief description | Carpet with a woollen pile and cotton, Iran, late 19th century |
| Physical description | Carpet with a woollen pile and cotton. WARP: white cotton; CHECK; S5Z; depressed; 22 threads to the inch (90 per dm). WEFT: white cotton (now pale pink, probably after the bleeding of other colours); CHECK spt; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 13 knots to the inch (50 per dm). PILE: wool. 12 colours: light red, yellow, light yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, dark brown, brown, white; asymmetrical knot, open to the right and tied around 2 threads; 143 knots to the sq. inch (2250 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: both sides have 1 cord oversewn with purple and green wool. END FINISH: Lower: 3 cms plain weave, incomplete. Upper: 4 cms maximum, plain weave complete with 1 decorative shoot of green and purple wool over 6 warp threads, with remains of attached knotted fringe. DESIGN: field with a dark blue ground with 13 bands of approximately eight botehs offset and coloured to create lower left/upper right diagonals; each boteh contains a flower on a white ground. Main border: blue ground with large, stylised palmettes. Inner and outer borders: red ground with indistinct blossoms. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Brigadier W. E. Clark |
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| Accession number | T.68-1969 |
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| Record created | April 10, 2008 |
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