Carpet
1800s (made)
| Place of origin |
Carpet fragment
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 18 threads to the inch (66 per dm).
WEFT: red wool; check; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots to the inch (46 per dm).
PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, light blue, dark purple, light purple; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 108 knots per sq. inch (1518 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: missing
END FINISH: missing.
DESIGN: Field: dark blue ground with eight complete bands of hooked, seven-sided motifs in yellow, each containing a stylised blossom. These alternate with a secondary, yellow motif from the lowest band of the seven-sided motif, the bottom quarter is missing.
Inner border: there is evidence of a red inner border at either side.
27.6.94
WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 18 threads to the inch (66 per dm).
WEFT: red wool; check; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots to the inch (46 per dm).
PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, light blue, dark purple, light purple; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 108 knots per sq. inch (1518 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: missing
END FINISH: missing.
DESIGN: Field: dark blue ground with eight complete bands of hooked, seven-sided motifs in yellow, each containing a stylised blossom. These alternate with a secondary, yellow motif from the lowest band of the seven-sided motif, the bottom quarter is missing.
Inner border: there is evidence of a red inner border at either side.
27.6.94
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Brief description | 1800s, Turkish; Kurdistan |
| Physical description | Carpet fragment WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 18 threads to the inch (66 per dm). WEFT: red wool; check; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots to the inch (46 per dm). PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, dark green, dark blue, light blue, dark purple, light purple; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 108 knots per sq. inch (1518 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: missing END FINISH: missing. DESIGN: Field: dark blue ground with eight complete bands of hooked, seven-sided motifs in yellow, each containing a stylised blossom. These alternate with a secondary, yellow motif from the lowest band of the seven-sided motif, the bottom quarter is missing. Inner border: there is evidence of a red inner border at either side. 27.6.94 |
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| Production | Referred to in "Azerbaijani Carpets in the V & A" by Latif Kerimov. Published International Symposium, Baku, 1983, p. 10, Pl. 2 Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 95, 109, 110, 113, 114. c.f. "Caucasian Floral Carpet, 19th c." Yetkin (1978) Vol. 1, illus. 97 (Turkish) "13th century carpet (fragment) from Beysehir", Erdmann (1977) Oguz Press, illus. 9. Franses and Pinner (Hali 1980), the design is ".... unfamiliar to us". |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 149-1908 |
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| Record created | April 24, 2008 |
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