Publication Place
Caucasus (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Length: 91.44cm, Width: 45.72cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.89-1925
Record ID
T.89-1925
Library Location
Middle East Section
Fiziksel açıklama
Camel Bag: woven by the Sumaq method in wool on a woollen warp Caucasian (Derbend): middle of 19th century. The bag is cistern shaped with square ends and oblong sides and bottom. The ends and sides have three wide and four narrow horizontal bands with geometric patterns in various colours. The bottom has plain stripes. There are loops along the top edges, and a leather handle at each end.
Üretim
Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p.96, 111, 114. The Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington, Purchased for £2. "Soumak Camel-bag, Derbend" " The .... piece comes from the neighbourhood of Derbend in Caucasia. It is a cistern-shaped camel bag, finely woven in the Soumak technique and complete with the original leather and woollen handles." CECT to D? JBW.