المؤلف
Unknown
مكان النشر
Iran (made) -
الموضوع
Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Weight: 14kg, Top edge width: 1270mm, Bottom edge width: 1300mm, Proper right length: 1580mm, Proper left length: 1600mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
T.21-1970
رقم السجل
T.21-1970
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
ملاحظات
Silk carpet, Iran, ca.19th century
نص عينة
Inscription possibly from the Koran or a poem. Note Inscription on border.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silk Turkish knotted pile with wool Silk Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Animal-headed tree in buff, pinky-red, yellow, green and pale blue on a cream ground. Warp: white silk; Z3S; 24 threads per inch (94 per dm). Weft: light brown silk; Z3S; 1 shoot after each row of knots; 27 knots per inch (102 per dm). Pile: silk; 9 colours: red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, light blue, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 324 knots per sq. inch (4794 per sq. dm). Side finish: one cord oversewn with red wool. End finish: Lower: incomplete fringe secured with one knot; 2 cm. plainweave with white, orange and yellow silk weft. Upper: 2 cm plainweave with yellow silk and then white silk and a fringe secured with a single knot max. length 2.5 cm. Design: Field: light green ground with a green tree growing from the bottom. There are many branches, most bearing small red buds (lower half) or mainly red flowers and green leaves (upper half). Above the buds the branches also bear animal heads. The tree trunks end in a large yellow, red and green palmette with dark blue flowers surrounding it and a white flower above. Main border: red ground with dark blue cartouches containing inscriptions. In between is a flower and leaves on a thin stem. To either side is a white ground stripe with a thin dark blue meander and red flowers and green leaves. Inner and outer borders: red ground with floral meander on a dark blue and white stem with dark blue/yellow flowers and green leaves.