المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1600
مكان النشر
India -
الموضوع
Textiles
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Maximum length: 65cm, Minimum length: 56cm, Maximum width: 72cm, Minimum width: 64cm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
1179-1893
رقم السجل
1179-1893
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1600
ملاحظات
Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, border design of animal head within foliate scrollwork against red ground, probably India, 1600-1700
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Cotton warp structure Z5S has also been identified in this carpet fragment. Given the presence of Z7S cotton warp, this carpet fragment may be attributed to India. The pink-orange ground colour may be composed of madder mixed with safflower. Wool Cotton Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
Warp: white cotton; Z7S; depressed; 26 threads per inch (92 per dm) Weft: white cotton; Z spun; unplied; 4 parallel threads per shoot and 2 shoots after each row of knots; 18 knots per inch (66 per dm). Pile: wool; 7 colours: dark red, red, dark yellow, yellow, dark blue, light blue, white; 234 knots per sq in (3036 per sq dm); asymmetrical knot open to left and tied around 2 threads. Side finish: both sides are cut. End finish: both ends are cut. Design: Main border: red ground with dark blue lattice superimposed on dark red, so framing a lion's head. Flowering stems in dark blue provide background tracery. Within both lattices are yellow flowerheads joined by yellow stems outlined in dark red. Subsidiary borders: part of border on either side has light blue ground with floral meander.