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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1880
Publication Place	Iran Kurdistan (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Maximum length: 378cm, Minimum length: 353cm (minimum, at centre), Width: 150cm (maximum)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	331-1892
Record ID	331-1892
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1880
Notes	Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, trellis pattern on red ground, Iran, 1880-90
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Warp: light brown; wool; Z3S; not depressed; 13 threads per inch (45 per dm). Weft: light red in lower 15.5 in., thereafter white; wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 8 rows of knots per inch (38 per dm). Pile: wool; 11 colours: red, dark red, light red, yellow, green, light green, blue, light blue, dark blue, purple, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads. Side finish: 3 cords overcast with red wool. End finish: lower - end missing; upper - incomplete, 1 in. plain weave, red wool and brown/white wool with 1 row warp twining. Wool Knotted Pile Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama	Design: Field: light red with 11.5 bands of 1.5 blossom motifs (offset), becoming simpler in complexity as work progressed. Enclosed by trellis of green, serrated leaves edged in dark blue, linked by a smaller blossom in yellow, green with red centre, edged in dark blue. Main blossoms purple, yellow, green, and red. Main border: white ground; large stylised angular (starred) blossoms in red and purple, or red and blue (mainly) with radiating 4 stylised leaves. Guard stripes: inner and outer border - blue ground changing to dark blue about half-way with floral meander in light blue and light red and yellow stem.

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Carpet

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1880

Publication Place Iran Kurdistan (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Maximum length: 378cm, Minimum length: 353cm (minimum, at centre), Width: 150cm (maximum)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 331-1892

Record ID 331-1892

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1880

Notes Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, trellis pattern on red ground, Iran, 1880-90

Malzemeler ve teknikler Warp: light brown; wool; Z3S; not depressed; 13 threads per inch (45 per dm). Weft: light red in lower 15.5 in., thereafter white; wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 8 rows of knots per inch (38 per dm). Pile: wool; 11 colours: red, dark red, light red, yellow, green, light green, blue, light blue, dark blue, purple, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads. Side finish: 3 cords overcast with red wool. End finish: lower - end missing; upper - incomplete, 1 in. plain weave, red wool and brown/white wool with 1 row warp twining. Wool Knotted Pile Weaving

Fiziksel açıklama Design: Field: light red with 11.5 bands of 1.5 blossom motifs (offset), becoming simpler in complexity as work progressed. Enclosed by trellis of green, serrated leaves edged in dark blue, linked by a smaller blossom in yellow, green with red centre, edged in dark blue. Main blossoms purple, yellow, green, and red. Main border: white ground; large stylised angular (starred) blossoms in red and purple, or red and blue (mainly) with radiating 4 stylised leaves. Guard stripes: inner and outer border - blue ground changing to dark blue about half-way with floral meander in light blue and light red and yellow stem.