Publication Place
Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Weight: 23kg, Top edge width: 975mm, Bottom edge width: 955mm, Proper left edge length: 5440mm, Proper right edge length: 5435mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
359-1897
Record ID
359-1897
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Middle East, Carpet, Fragment;
Malzemeler ve teknikler
wool and cotton, weaving Cotton Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Warp: white cotton; Z4S and Z6S; 18-20 threads per inch (80 per dm) Weft: brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots, 1 shoot in some areas; 9-12 knots per inch (50 per dm). Pile: wool; 12 colours: dark red, red, light red, dark orange, yellow, dark green, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, dark brown, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 81-120 knots per sq. inch (2000 per sq. dm). Side finish: one cord oversewn with dark brown wool End finish: Lower: loops twined around cotton weft; evidence of oversewing with yellow wool along the edge; 3 cms of plain weave with dark orange wool weft. Upper: incomplete; evidence of two rows of weft twining with brown wool and then plainweave with red wool. Design: Field: red ground with what appears to be a segmented meander with mainly dark orange and blue large blossoms between pairs of white, dark green or dark blue leaves. There are half blossoms and foliate features along the sides including 3 pairs of light green trees which bear a bird inside a square medallion. There is one isolated white bird in the lower part of the right hand side. Main border: dark blue ground with pink floral meander with serrated leaves and white buds. Inner and outer borders: yellow ground with floral meander on dark blue stem with light red flowers.
Üretim
Kurdistan. The design is reminiscent of a main border pattern. Could there have been a pair of carpets to either side of a large carpet with this type of border?
