Fragment
19th century (made)
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Fragment of carpet border of woven wool.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 16 threads per inch (62 per dm).
WEFT: red wool (lower 84 cms.), white wool (upper 53 cms); both Z2S; number of shoots after each row of knots varies from 3-7 and there are some corrective wefts; average number of knots per inch 6 (24 per dm).
PILE: wool; 4 colours: red, green with marked abrash, dark brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 48 knots per sq. inch (787 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: left hand side: missing
right hand side: 3 cords overcast with red wool for first 84 cms. and then interespersed with return white/cream weft, 3 wefts at a time. Red weft threads similarly returned in lower part.
END FINISH: missing
DESIGN: inner border: solid dark brown.
Main border: reciprocal green/red trefoil.
Outer border: white/red checks.
WARP: white wool; Z2S; 16 threads per inch (62 per dm).
WEFT: red wool (lower 84 cms.), white wool (upper 53 cms); both Z2S; number of shoots after each row of knots varies from 3-7 and there are some corrective wefts; average number of knots per inch 6 (24 per dm).
PILE: wool; 4 colours: red, green with marked abrash, dark brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 48 knots per sq. inch (787 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: left hand side: missing
right hand side: 3 cords overcast with red wool for first 84 cms. and then interespersed with return white/cream weft, 3 wefts at a time. Red weft threads similarly returned in lower part.
END FINISH: missing
DESIGN: inner border: solid dark brown.
Main border: reciprocal green/red trefoil.
Outer border: white/red checks.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Woven wool |
| Brief description | Fragment of carpet border of woven wool, Caucasus, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Fragment of carpet border of woven wool. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 16 threads per inch (62 per dm). WEFT: red wool (lower 84 cms.), white wool (upper 53 cms); both Z2S; number of shoots after each row of knots varies from 3-7 and there are some corrective wefts; average number of knots per inch 6 (24 per dm). PILE: wool; 4 colours: red, green with marked abrash, dark brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 48 knots per sq. inch (787 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: left hand side: missing right hand side: 3 cords overcast with red wool for first 84 cms. and then interespersed with return white/cream weft, 3 wefts at a time. Red weft threads similarly returned in lower part. END FINISH: missing DESIGN: inner border: solid dark brown. Main border: reciprocal green/red trefoil. Outer border: white/red checks. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Bernadout |
| Production | (Retirement) Gift from Mr. Benardout of the Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., South Kensington "edge of carpet with change in weave, Caucasian, 19th c" "I write to thank you most cordially for your kindness in allowing the Museum to select from your stock such carpet fragments as will be useful for teaching purposes and for showing designs so far unrepresented in our collection". 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. 96 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.58-1975 |
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| Record created | June 12, 2008 |
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