المؤلف
Unknown
مكان النشر
Kashan (made) -
الموضوع
Textiles Floor Coverings
النوع
أخرى
اللغة
غير محدد
رقمي
نعم
مخطوط
لا
الأبعاد الفيزيائية
Top edge width: 2977mm, Bottom edge width: 3152mm, Proper right length: 4265mm, Proper left width: 4244mm, Weighed on roller weight: 47kg
المكتبة
Victoria and Albert Museum
معرف أصل المكتبة
T.18-1970
رقم السجل
T.18-1970
موقع المكتبة
Middle East Section
ملاحظات
Silk carpet, Kashan, Iran, late 19th century - early 20th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Knotted silk pile and fringe with linen and cotton Silk Cotton Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Silk carpet with a dark blue ground with 3 offset and 2 half rows of vases of flowers filled with multi-coloured flower heads. There are 4 complete vases in each row, the central row of decorated vases are red as those at the sides, the other vases are blue. The field is completely filled with blossoming sprigs undulating from the lower to the upper end and on them sit inwardly facing yellow birds at the base of each vase. Warp: white silk; Z3S; depressed; 40 threads to the inch (156 per dm). Weft: blue cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots, with some variation; 18-19 knots per inch (74 per dm). Pile: silk; 15 colours: red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, light purple faded to grey, dark pink, light pink, dark brown, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 370 knots per sq. inch (5772 per sq. dm). Side Finish: 1 cord over sewn with pink silk. End Finish: both ends are cut but a silk fringe has been added to replace the worn one. Main Border: dark pink ground with a blue cartouche, flower-filled, alternating with a yellow vase extending from border into border. Inner and outer borders- each of three stripes: (1) innermost: orange ground with floral meander (2) purple ground with floral meander (3) yellow ground with floral meander and S motifs. Outer borders: same order but reversed colours.
