Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1700
Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Top edge width: 1130mm, Bottom edge width: 1130mm, Proper right length: 1735mm, Weight: 15kg, Proper left length: 1760mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.425-1971
Record ID
T.425-1971
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1700
Notes
Middle East, Carpet. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton warp and wool weft, 'Garden Carpet' design, Iran, 1700-1800
Malzemeler ve teknikler
WARP: white cotton; Z7S; 15 threads to the inch (57 per dm). WEFT: light red wool; Z3S; 2 shoots; 8 knots to the inch (30 per dm). PILE: wool; 12 colours: dark red, red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, very light blue, dark purple, dark brown, cream; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 60 knots to the sq. inch (855 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: both sides cut; blue binding added later. END FINISH: both ends cut and oversewn with dark blue wool. Cotton Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Fragment of a 'Garden Carpet' DESIGN field: the fragment shows part of three channels of water, each with three dark blue speckled stylised fish, converging at right angles onto part of a flower-filled island medallion with a dark red ground outlined in yellow, straight sided but with a scalloped top edge. Above the two horizontal channels are, to the right of the vertical channel, four near squares (1'3" x 1'2" or 35 cms x 39 cms) and to the left, two and two half squares. On both sides the inside, lower square with its cream ground is dissected by a tree and its sturdy branches in blue from which hang leaves in various colours. This design is repeated in the diagonally opposite squares. The outer lower square and part square have a light red ground bearing an eight-pointed blue star within which are two light red and two cream rosettes and four purple and yellow lilies, with a small yellow flower at the star's centre. The star is framed by four right-angled stems with light blue flowers and green leaves. This design is repeated in the upper diagonal squares with yellow rather than red rosettes and with a central red flower. Above the horizontal channels and along both sides of the vertical is a narrow, light green border with a dark green angular meander with red leaves. Between these borders and the "garden plots" is a wider, dark blue band with a series of stylised floral sprigs interspersed with a square formed by four leaves, largely in red or light blue, joined centrally by a small yellow square. The narrow red and light green sprigs, which along the horizontal have no flowers, have a yellow flowerhead along the vertical, but along every border the stiff, white-leaf plants have a yellow flowerhead.
