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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Author	Unknown (made)
Publication Date:	1800
Publication Place	Iran (made) Hamadan (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 225cm, Width: 109cm, Weight: 9kg, Height: 5mm (pile)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	144-1884
Record ID	144-1884
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1800
Notes	Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, central design of offset boteh (paisley motifs) on red ground, with light brown border, Hamadan province, Iran, c.1800-80
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool pile on wool foundation, symmetrical knot. Warp: white wool; Z2S; not depressed; 12 threads per inch (45 per dm). Weft: brown wool, Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 9 rows of knots per inch (36 per dm). Pile: wool; 13 colours: dark red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, dark pink, pink, dark brown, light brown and white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads. Side finish: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wad. End finish: lower end: missing; upper end: 3 cm plain weave of red woollen weft; remains of warp fringe. Wool Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama	Design: Field: red ground with 18 bands of 4 boteh or 4.5 alternating primarily in white and light blue and, as offset, create an upward diagonal to the right. Main border: light brown ground with a row of spaced multi-coloured boteh. Guard stripes: inner: light red ground with a twisted ribbon design in most colours; outer: as inner but on a blue ground; outermost: incomplete along the bottom, yellow ground, simple floral meander on a dark stem bearing most colours.

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Carpet

Author Unknown (made)

Publication Date 1800

Publication Place Iran (made) Hamadan (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 225cm, Width: 109cm, Weight: 9kg, Height: 5mm (pile)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 144-1884

Record ID 144-1884

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1800

Notes Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, central design of offset boteh (paisley motifs) on red ground, with light brown border, Hamadan province, Iran, c.1800-80

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool pile on wool foundation, symmetrical knot. Warp: white wool; Z2S; not depressed; 12 threads per inch (45 per dm). Weft: brown wool, Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 9 rows of knots per inch (36 per dm). Pile: wool; 13 colours: dark red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, dark pink, pink, dark brown, light brown and white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads. Side finish: 1 cord oversewn with dark brown wad. End finish: lower end: missing; upper end: 3 cm plain weave of red woollen weft; remains of warp fringe. Wool Knotted Pile

Fiziksel açıklama Design: Field: red ground with 18 bands of 4 boteh or 4.5 alternating primarily in white and light blue and, as offset, create an upward diagonal to the right. Main border: light brown ground with a row of spaced multi-coloured boteh. Guard stripes: inner: light red ground with a twisted ribbon design in most colours; outer: as inner but on a blue ground; outermost: incomplete along the bottom, yellow ground, simple floral meander on a dark stem bearing most colours.