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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Weight: 14kg, Bottom width: 950mm, Top width: 865mm, Proper right length: 2450mm, Proper left length: 2465mm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	652-1893
Record ID	652-1893
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Turkish
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool
Fiziksel açıklama	19th century carpet, slit tapestry WEFT: wool; all s-spun, unplied except for the white which is z-spun, unplied; mixture of single threads and 2 parallel threads used together; 8 colours: red (only in two areas), yellow, light yellow, green, dark blue, blue, brown, white; average of 21 threads per inch (90 per dm). SIDE FINISH: returned wefts END FINISH: incomplete DESIGN: Field: dark blue ground with 4 or 3 and two half blossom-bearing stems across the width; these are repeated 9 times down the length. Main border: white ground with small green off-set anthropomorphic figures. Inner border: blue zigzag line separating yellow and light yellow. Outer border: blue zigzag line separating yellow and white. There are blue, white and yellow bands at both ends. There is a brown band at the lower end. NB: Woven like others of this type with interrupted vertical slits; these do not run the entire length of the carpet and have been stitched together. They are visible on the photograph.

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Carpet

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Weight: 14kg, Bottom width: 950mm, Top width: 865mm, Proper right length: 2450mm, Proper left length: 2465mm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 652-1893

Record ID 652-1893

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Turkish

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool

Fiziksel açıklama 19th century carpet, slit tapestry WEFT: wool; all s-spun, unplied except for the white which is z-spun, unplied; mixture of single threads and 2 parallel threads used together; 8 colours: red (only in two areas), yellow, light yellow, green, dark blue, blue, brown, white; average of 21 threads per inch (90 per dm). SIDE FINISH: returned wefts END FINISH: incomplete DESIGN: Field: dark blue ground with 4 or 3 and two half blossom-bearing stems across the width; these are repeated 9 times down the length. Main border: white ground with small green off-set anthropomorphic figures. Inner border: blue zigzag line separating yellow and light yellow. Outer border: blue zigzag line separating yellow and white. There are blue, white and yellow bands at both ends. There is a brown band at the lower end. NB: Woven like others of this type with interrupted vertical slits; these do not run the entire length of the carpet and have been stitched together. They are visible on the photograph.