Yazar
Unknown
Basım Yeri
Caucasus (made) -
Konu
Tapestry Floor Coverings
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Weight: 14kg, Top edge width: 970mm, Bottom edge width: 1000mm, Proper right edge length: 1455mm, Proper left edge length: 1460mm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
T.117-1977
Kayıt Numarası
T.117-1977
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Rug, Daghestan, Caucasus, 19th century.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wool
Fiziksel açıklama
Caucasian carpet, Daghestan. WARP: White wool; Z3S; 17 threads per inch (64 per dm); depressed. WEFT: light red in the lowest 41 cms and white wool; both are Z2S; 2 shoots of weft after each row of knots; 15 knots per inch (60 per dm). PILE: wool; 12 colours: red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, pink, dark brown , light brown, cream, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 128 knots per sq. inch (1920 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: missing; an orange cord has been added and is worn in places. END FINISH: Lower: missing. Upper: missing but with 3 cms of plain weave with yellow weft attached. DESIGN: Field: yellow ground with bands of rosettes, angular blossoms and small guls; between these are bands formed by curving stems with boteh-like leaves. There are also very small motifs along the sides - ewers, diamonds, S-motifs, etc. The field is edged with a dark blue saw-tooth pattern. Main border: white ground with angular motifs, mainly hooks in various colours, along a central axis. Inner and outer borders: blue ground with diagonal blocks, each diagonally striped in various colours.
Üretim
Daghestan. cf. Bennett (1981) illus. 363 "Chichi/Kuba... its attribution to Chichi is open to question...second half of the 19th century". Also illus. 357, "the design..following Kerimov & Schurmann has become known as Khirdaghyd-Chichi". Thompson (1983) illus. 123 "The design of this example is known as Chich, Azerbayjan, nineteenth century". Franses & Pinner Hali attribution: Kuba 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, 107, 114 Bequest of Miss D B Simpson (dec'd) Millstones, Slindon. RPSs: for details see T.114-1977
