Publication Place
Iran -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Maximum length: 53cm, Minimum length: 9.5cm, Maximum width: 85cm, Minimum width: 11.5cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.318-1921
Record ID
T.318-1921
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Given by Sydney Vacher Esq.
Fiziksel açıklama
Warp: white/grey wool; Z2S; some areas depressed; 16 threads per inch (61 per dm). Weft: wool - 16.5cm of pink followed by 37cm of yellow; Z spun, unplied; 1 shoot of 2 parallel threads of pink and 3 parallel threads of yellow after each row of knots; 8 knots per inch (30 per dm). Pile: wool; 11 colours - red, light red, yellow, dark green, light green, blue, light blue, light purple, pink, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 64 knots per sq. inch (915 per sq. dm). Side finish: both sides are cut. End finish: both ends are cut. Design: main border - top and sides have dark green ground containing 8-petalled flowers with contrasting centres, those on the top border linked by a red and white bar and all flowers framed by a leaf at each corner; guard stripe - on outer left-hand side only has red ground with a blue arrow between reverse-Y motif.
