Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Caucasus (made) -
Subject
Textiles Interiors Floor Coverings
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 313.5cm
(maximum), Length: 299cm
(minimum), Width: 180cm
(maximum), Width: 173cm
(minimum), Length: 126.5in, Width: 71.5in, Weight with roller, weight of roller 21kg weight: 25kg, Weight of object weight: 4kg
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.451-1976
Record ID
T.451-1976
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
Kelim woven carpet, Caucasian, ca. 1800-1899
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woven wool Wool
Fiziksel açıklama
Caucasian carpet, slit tapestry. WARP: brown and brown/white wool; Z3S; 16-21 threads per inch (69-74 per dm). WEFT: wool; Z2S; 10 colours: red, yellow, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, dark brown, brown, white; 46-52 threads per inch (197 per dm). SIDE FINISH: one cord with returned weft END FINISH: missing. DESIGN: Field: a red ground with 5 bands of large, regular polygons, with 2 blue and 1 white, or 1 blue and 2 white per band, each containing a central lozenge and within it a cross on a vertical horned bar. Hooked tendrils come from the lozenge. Small crosses are in the field of the polygons in the top two bands. The secondary bands begin with serrated rectangles; the second band has a large square with a hooked diamond and several other small geometric motifs; the other bands have the square motif repeated evenly across the width. On both sides of the field is a row of small geometric motifs. Border: white ground with a dark brown and red zigzag line with horizontal bars across the points. This border has a toothed edge as have almost all the vertical and diagonal lines throughout this carpet.
Üretim
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, 100, 114 Azerbaijan, Soouth Caucasus, Shirvan region VoK Collection - Caucasus Persia, pub, 1996 4 similar designs described in 'kilims' Yanni Petsopoulos pp. 248-252 "Kuba Kilims with angular cartouches"
