Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1800
Publication Place
Iran (made) Khurasan (made, possibly) Qain (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 518cm, Width: 274cm, Weight: 45kg, Top edge width: 2725mm, Bottom edge width: 2777mm, Proper right length: 5181mm, Proper left length: 5231mm, Weighed on roller weight: 45kg
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
256-1892
Record ID
256-1892
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1800
Notes
Carpet, wool pile on cotton warp and wool weft, medallion design with 'Herati' field pattern on dark blue ground, possibly Qa'in, Khurasan province, Iran, 1800-1825
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Warp: white cotton; Z3S; 20 threads per inch (80 per dm); depressed. Weft: brown wool; Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 3 shoots after each row of knots; 13 knots per inch (50 per dm). Pile: wool; 9 colours: dark red, red, yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 warp threads; 130 knots per sq. inch (2000 per sq. dm). Side finish: one cord oversewn with red wool End finish: missing Cotton Wool Weaving Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
Design: Field: dark blue ground with central white lobed medallion outlined in light blue and blue and containing a red rosette outlined in dark blue. Rest of field has Herati design with a yellow blossom within a red diamond and green leaves (see 300-1884). The curving leaves are red, light blue and dark blue. Main border: red ground with a double meander with dark blue stems and large rosettes joined with a blue and yellow double meander and with smaller rosettes in red, light blue and dark blue. Inner and outer borders: yellow ground with floral meander on a dark blue stem with predominantly red and blue flowers. The lower border has been joined on and is, in fact, a side border from a similar carpet.
Üretim
Typical of workshop production in Qainat district of Khurasan province, such as Dorokhsh
