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Title	Fragment
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles Equestrian Equipment Transport
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 33cm (maximum), Length: 9.5cm (minimum), Width: 97cm (maximum), Width: 46cm (minimum)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.4-1955
Record ID	T.4-1955
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Saddle bag fragment of wool and cotton, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler	woven wool Wool
Fiziksel açıklama	Saddle bag fragment of wool and cotton. WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 28 threads per inch (104 per dm); depressed. WEFT: pink cotton; Z2S; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (47 per dm). PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, orange, green, light green, dark blue, purple, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 168 knots per sq. inch (2444 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. END FINISH: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. END FINISH: cut but evidence of plain weave in the centre top and left slope with pink cotton. Blue weft in extreme top left and bottom left. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with band of three stylised floral sprigs and diagonal rows of small white stars sloping inwards and surrounding line of small botehs. Innermost border: reciprocal horned triangles in red and dark blue reduced to reciprocal single hooks on sloping sides. Borders (2) and (4) have red ground with foliate meander. Border (3) has white ground with floral meander.

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Fragment

Author Unknown

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles Equestrian Equipment Transport

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 33cm (maximum), Length: 9.5cm (minimum), Width: 97cm (maximum), Width: 46cm (minimum)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.4-1955

Record ID T.4-1955

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Saddle bag fragment of wool and cotton, Iran, 19th century

Malzemeler ve teknikler woven wool Wool

Fiziksel açıklama Saddle bag fragment of wool and cotton. WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 28 threads per inch (104 per dm); depressed. WEFT: pink cotton; Z2S; 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (47 per dm). PILE: wool; 7 colours: red, orange, green, light green, dark blue, purple, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 168 knots per sq. inch (2444 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. END FINISH: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. END FINISH: cut but evidence of plain weave in the centre top and left slope with pink cotton. Blue weft in extreme top left and bottom left. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with band of three stylised floral sprigs and diagonal rows of small white stars sloping inwards and surrounding line of small botehs. Innermost border: reciprocal horned triangles in red and dark blue reduced to reciprocal single hooks on sloping sides. Borders (2) and (4) have red ground with foliate meander. Border (3) has white ground with floral meander.