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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Top edge width: 1445mm, Bottom edge width: 1500mm, Proper left length: 2495mm, Proper right length: 2560mm, Weight: 18kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.65-1969
Record ID	T.65-1969
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Woollen pile carpet with cotton, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Woollen pile and cotton Wool Cotton Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Woollen pile carpet with cotton. DESIGN: Field with a blue ground with a large hooked six-sided lozenge with a brown ground. One central row of three hooked and stepped diamonds, one blue and two red. The field, the lozenge and three diamonds contain Herati-type design. MAIN BORDER: white ground with curving floral meander. INNER AND OUTER BORDER: dark blue ground with angular multi-coloured floral meander. INNERMOST BORDER: red ground with multi-coloured X-motifs. WARP: white wool with brown stripe in centre; Z2S; 28-34 threads per inch (116-126 per dm); depressed. WEFT: red wool, light brown wool; Z-spun, unplied; white cotton; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots in the following sequence: red wool and light brown wool x 2; cotton; Main border: Light brown wool x 2; Outer border: red (counter shed) and light brown (open shed). 10-12 knots per inch (42-44 per dm). PILE: wool. 13 colours: red, yellow, dark green, olive green, green, light green, dark blue, blue light blue, dark brown, light brown, black, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 140-204 knots per sq. inch (2436-2772 per dm). Side finish: one cord oversewn with blue/red wool. There are 5 small decorative tufts on the left and 2 on the right. End finish: Lower: two weft cords; 1.5 cm looped warp ends and 5.5 cm of plain weave with coarse weft and 1 row of weft twining in blue and red wool before the pile. Upper: one pass of red/blue weft twining with single knot fringe 11.5 cm long.
Üretim	Herati pattern

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Carpet

Author Unknown

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Top edge width: 1445mm, Bottom edge width: 1500mm, Proper left length: 2495mm, Proper right length: 2560mm, Weight: 18kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.65-1969

Record ID T.65-1969

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Woollen pile carpet with cotton, Iran, 19th century

Malzemeler ve teknikler Woollen pile and cotton Wool Cotton Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Woollen pile carpet with cotton. DESIGN: Field with a blue ground with a large hooked six-sided lozenge with a brown ground. One central row of three hooked and stepped diamonds, one blue and two red. The field, the lozenge and three diamonds contain Herati-type design. MAIN BORDER: white ground with curving floral meander. INNER AND OUTER BORDER: dark blue ground with angular multi-coloured floral meander. INNERMOST BORDER: red ground with multi-coloured X-motifs. WARP: white wool with brown stripe in centre; Z2S; 28-34 threads per inch (116-126 per dm); depressed. WEFT: red wool, light brown wool; Z-spun, unplied; white cotton; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots in the following sequence: red wool and light brown wool x 2; cotton; Main border: Light brown wool x 2; Outer border: red (counter shed) and light brown (open shed). 10-12 knots per inch (42-44 per dm). PILE: wool. 13 colours: red, yellow, dark green, olive green, green, light green, dark blue, blue light blue, dark brown, light brown, black, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 140-204 knots per sq. inch (2436-2772 per dm). Side finish: one cord oversewn with blue/red wool. There are 5 small decorative tufts on the left and 2 on the right. End finish: Lower: two weft cords; 1.5 cm looped warp ends and 5.5 cm of plain weave with coarse weft and 1 row of weft twining in blue and red wool before the pile. Upper: one pass of red/blue weft twining with single knot fringe 11.5 cm long.

Üretim Herati pattern