المؤلف
Unknown
تاريخ النشر
1800
مكان النشر
Azerbaijan (made) -
الموضوع
Textiles
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Top edge width: 1625mm, Bottom edge width: 1690mm, Proper left length: 2580mm, Proper right length: 1545mm
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
361-1897
رقم السجل
361-1897
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
التاريخ
1800
ملاحظات
Carpet, wool pile on wool foundation, 'Harshang' pattern on blue ground, possibly Karagashli, Shirvan province, Azerbaijan, 1800-1880
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Knotted pile. Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
WARP: brown wool; Z3S; 15 threads to the inch (56 per dm). WEFT: brown, light brown and white wool plied together; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 9-10 knots to the inch (36-42 per dm). PILE: wool; 10 colours: red (about 8 knots only,) dark yellow, yellow, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, dark brown, light brown (lower borders only), white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; average of 71 knots per sq. inch (average of 1090 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: one cord overcast with white wool. END FINISH: Lower: cut but with evidence of plainweave with white wool. Upper: cut. DESIGN: Field: blue ground with two rows of motifs, each row has two palmettes alternating with three lozenges which contain a rosette. Radiating from each lozenge are four stylized lilies in pink, brown or white. Stars, animals, birds and other motifs are scattered across the field. Along the sides of the field are crossed stems in yellow bearing a bud and a leaf. Along the upper and lower edges the stems are single. Main border: Elaborate reciprocal trefoil in dark yellow and yellow outlined in light blue. Inner and outer borders are each in three parts: the centre has a brown ground with a trail of carnations in white and blue on yellow stems. On either side of this is a white ground with stylised S- and Z-motifs, each crossed with a diagonal bar, all in shades of brown and yellow.
Üretim
This carpet has also been attributed to Baku (Franses and Pinner 1980) and Kuba (Bennett 1981: fig.317).
