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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Author	Unknown
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Heriz (made) Iran (made) -
Subject	Stylized Flowers Medallion Star
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Width: 67in, Length: 138in, Top edge width: 1729mm, Bottom edge width: 1811mm, Proper right length: 3597mm, Proper left length: 3620mm, Weighed on roller weight: 24.5kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	389-1880
Record ID	389-1880
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	This is a good example of what happens when a classical medallion design, normally woven with an asymmetrical knot, is woven with a symmetrical knot: gone are the circles, spirals and curling stems and in their place is a beautiful and dramatic design of stylised blossoms and star-shaped medallions.
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool knotted pile on wool foundation, symmetrical knot; 81 knots per sq. in (1,221 per sq. dm) Warp: white wool; Z2s; 18 threads per inch/74 per dm Weft: white wool; probably Z2S, three shoots after each row of knots; 9 knots per inch/33 per dm Pile: wool; 13 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, pink, white; symmetrical knot tied around two warp threads; 81 knots per sq.in/1221 per sq.dm Side Finish: 2 cords overcast with light brown wool End Finish: Lower: max of 3"/7.5cm plain weave with white woollen weft and loose warp threads; Upper: 1"/2.5cm plain weave with white woollen weft and loose warp threads. Wool Yarn Weaving Knotting
Fiziksel açıklama	Carpet, hand knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft, Persian 19th century. Design: Field: dark blue ground with quarter corner section of the central medallion but on a larger scale. The central medallion is formed by an 8-pointed star in dark blue surrounded by a purple band. It contains red and yellow centre from which radiate blue, pruple and red blssoms. The star is surrounded by a wide cusped lozenge in white containing blue and purple buds and blossoms on light green stems. The lozenge terminates at the top and bottom in a small pendant-form. The dark blue ground of the field is covered with large blossoms, mainly red and yellow and smaller white flowers carried on thick purple stems. The design is more crowded in the upper part of the carpet. Main Border: purple ground with double meander in thick red stems edged with blue on which yellow blossoms alternate with blue and red ones; yellow heads bracketed with dark blue serrated leaves. Inner and Outer Borders: predominantly green ground changing to blue in parts of the upper half. Red meander with red diagonal leaves and purple blossoms.

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Carpet

Author Unknown

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Heriz (made) Iran (made) -

Subject Stylized Flowers Medallion Star

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Width: 67in, Length: 138in, Top edge width: 1729mm, Bottom edge width: 1811mm, Proper right length: 3597mm, Proper left length: 3620mm, Weighed on roller weight: 24.5kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 389-1880

Record ID 389-1880

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes This is a good example of what happens when a classical medallion design, normally woven with an asymmetrical knot, is woven with a symmetrical knot: gone are the circles, spirals and curling stems and in their place is a beautiful and dramatic design of stylised blossoms and star-shaped medallions.

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool knotted pile on wool foundation, symmetrical knot; 81 knots per sq. in (1,221 per sq. dm) Warp: white wool; Z2s; 18 threads per inch/74 per dm Weft: white wool; probably Z2S, three shoots after each row of knots; 9 knots per inch/33 per dm Pile: wool; 13 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, pink, white; symmetrical knot tied around two warp threads; 81 knots per sq.in/1221 per sq.dm Side Finish: 2 cords overcast with light brown wool End Finish: Lower: max of 3"/7.5cm plain weave with white woollen weft and loose warp threads; Upper: 1"/2.5cm plain weave with white woollen weft and loose warp threads. Wool Yarn Weaving Knotting

Fiziksel açıklama Carpet, hand knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft, Persian 19th century. Design: Field: dark blue ground with quarter corner section of the central medallion but on a larger scale. The central medallion is formed by an 8-pointed star in dark blue surrounded by a purple band. It contains red and yellow centre from which radiate blue, pruple and red blssoms. The star is surrounded by a wide cusped lozenge in white containing blue and purple buds and blossoms on light green stems. The lozenge terminates at the top and bottom in a small pendant-form. The dark blue ground of the field is covered with large blossoms, mainly red and yellow and smaller white flowers carried on thick purple stems. The design is more crowded in the upper part of the carpet. Main Border: purple ground with double meander in thick red stems edged with blue on which yellow blossoms alternate with blue and red ones; yellow heads bracketed with dark blue serrated leaves. Inner and Outer Borders: predominantly green ground changing to blue in parts of the upper half. Red meander with red diagonal leaves and purple blossoms.