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Saddle cover

Title	Saddle cover
Author	Unknown
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles Clothing Equestrian Equipment Transport
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 35cm (maximum), Length: 10cm (minimum), Width: 84cm (maximum), Width: 45cm (minimum)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	CIRC.189-1932
Record ID	CIRC.189-1932
Library Location	Middle East Section
Notes	Saddle cover of knotted wool pile and cotton, Iran, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Knotted wool pile and cotton Wool Cotton
Fiziksel açıklama	Saddle cover of knotted wool pile and cotton. WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 25 threads per inch (96 per dm); depressed. WEFT: pink cotton; Z2S with 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (45 per dm). PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, orange, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple (faded), white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 137 knots per sq. inch (2160 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: left: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. Right: missing END FINISH: cut. Traces of plain weave along the top centre and left hand slope with pink cotton weft. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with central stylised floral sprig, rows of small white stars and surrounding line of small botehs. The field includes a red ground panel at each end also containing stylised floral sprig and yellow stars. Innermost border: reciprocal horned triangles in red and dark blue reduced to reciprocal single hooks on the sloping sides. Main border: white ground with floral meander. Inner and outer borders: red ground with floriate meander.

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Saddle cover

Author Unknown

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles Clothing Equestrian Equipment Transport

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 35cm (maximum), Length: 10cm (minimum), Width: 84cm (maximum), Width: 45cm (minimum)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID CIRC.189-1932

Record ID CIRC.189-1932

Library Location Middle East Section

Notes Saddle cover of knotted wool pile and cotton, Iran, 19th century

Malzemeler ve teknikler Knotted wool pile and cotton Wool Cotton

Fiziksel açıklama Saddle cover of knotted wool pile and cotton. WARP: cream wool; Z2S; 25 threads per inch (96 per dm); depressed. WEFT: pink cotton; Z2S with 2 parallel threads per shoot; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 11 knots per inch (45 per dm). PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, orange, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple (faded), white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 137 knots per sq. inch (2160 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: left: one cord oversewn with dark blue wool. Right: missing END FINISH: cut. Traces of plain weave along the top centre and left hand slope with pink cotton weft. DESIGN: field: dark blue ground with central stylised floral sprig, rows of small white stars and surrounding line of small botehs. The field includes a red ground panel at each end also containing stylised floral sprig and yellow stars. Innermost border: reciprocal horned triangles in red and dark blue reduced to reciprocal single hooks on the sloping sides. Main border: white ground with floral meander. Inner and outer borders: red ground with floriate meander.