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Carpet fragment

Title	Carpet fragment
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Iran Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 36.5cm, Width: 5.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1066A-1883
Record ID	1066A-1883
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, border design of floral scrollwork, Iran, 1800-1875
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Warp: white cotton; Z5S; depressed; 28 threads per inch (112 per dm counted as 56 per 5 cm). Weft: white cotton, Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; light brown wool and cream wool, both Z2S; 3 shoots after each row of knots a) wool b) cotton c) wool; 11 knots per inch (44 per dm). Pile: wool; 8 colours: dark red, red, orange, light yellow, green, light green, dark blue, blue; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 154 knots per sq. inch (2464 per sq. dm). Side finish: left: one cord oversewn with dark red wool; right: cut. End finish: cut. Cotton Wool Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama	Carpet fragment, design shows narrow outer border: light yellow ground with floral meander of five-petalled orange rosettes, dark red carnations and dark blue heart-shaped flower on green meander with small leaves. Towards the upper end, dark red in outlines and inner guard stripe knots become red.

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Carpet fragment

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Iran Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 36.5cm, Width: 5.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1066A-1883

Record ID 1066A-1883

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, border design of floral scrollwork, Iran, 1800-1875

Malzemeler ve teknikler Warp: white cotton; Z5S; depressed; 28 threads per inch (112 per dm counted as 56 per 5 cm). Weft: white cotton, Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; light brown wool and cream wool, both Z2S; 3 shoots after each row of knots a) wool b) cotton c) wool; 11 knots per inch (44 per dm). Pile: wool; 8 colours: dark red, red, orange, light yellow, green, light green, dark blue, blue; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 154 knots per sq. inch (2464 per sq. dm). Side finish: left: one cord oversewn with dark red wool; right: cut. End finish: cut. Cotton Wool Knotted Pile

Fiziksel açıklama Carpet fragment, design shows narrow outer border: light yellow ground with floral meander of five-petalled orange rosettes, dark red carnations and dark blue heart-shaped flower on green meander with small leaves. Towards the upper end, dark red in outlines and inner guard stripe knots become red.