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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Author	Unknown (made)
Publication Date:	1875
Publication Place	Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 255cm, Width: 156cm, Weight: 12kg (including roller), Pile height height: 3mm (maximum)
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.70-1948
Record ID	T.70-1948
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1875
Notes	Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on cotton and wool foundation, design of botehs (paisleys) packed among lotus plants on dark blue ground, possibly Niriz, Iran 1875-1900
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, asymmetric knot. PILE: knotted wool (white cotton?), 10 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, white. Asymmetrical, open to the left, (occasionally jufti knotting as others). Tied round 2 warp threads. WARP: cotton, white, Z4S; depressed, density 24-26 per inch (92-100 dm) WEFT: white cotton and off white and brown wool. Cotton Z4S; Wool Z spun unplied, 2 parallel, sinous , 1 shoot after each row of knots, cotton alternating with wool. 12 rows to inch,(50 dm) WIDE FINISH: 1 cord oversewn with purple wool END FINISH: lower: missing Upper: incomplete - cut; in places 2 cm warp fringe, some evidence of plain weave in light brown wool. Wool Cotton Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama	Carpet Design: Field: dark blue ground with 12+ bands of 7 or 7 1/2 botehs on stems, overlaid with spotted 'S' motifs, otherwise densely packed with floral motifs. Main border: red ground with meander linking a cypress tree with a group of three botehs. Guard stripes: Inner and Outer: light green ground with small red floral motifs.

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Carpet

Author Unknown (made)

Publication Date 1875

Publication Place Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 255cm, Width: 156cm, Weight: 12kg (including roller), Pile height height: 3mm (maximum)

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.70-1948

Record ID T.70-1948

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1875

Notes Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on cotton and wool foundation, design of botehs (paisleys) packed among lotus plants on dark blue ground, possibly Niriz, Iran 1875-1900

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, asymmetric knot. PILE: knotted wool (white cotton?), 10 colours: red, light red, orange, yellow, light green, dark blue, blue, light blue, purple, white. Asymmetrical, open to the left, (occasionally jufti knotting as others). Tied round 2 warp threads. WARP: cotton, white, Z4S; depressed, density 24-26 per inch (92-100 dm) WEFT: white cotton and off white and brown wool. Cotton Z4S; Wool Z spun unplied, 2 parallel, sinous , 1 shoot after each row of knots, cotton alternating with wool. 12 rows to inch,(50 dm) WIDE FINISH: 1 cord oversewn with purple wool END FINISH: lower: missing Upper: incomplete - cut; in places 2 cm warp fringe, some evidence of plain weave in light brown wool. Wool Cotton Knotted Pile

Fiziksel açıklama Carpet Design: Field: dark blue ground with 12+ bands of 7 or 7 1/2 botehs on stems, overlaid with spotted 'S' motifs, otherwise densely packed with floral motifs. Main border: red ground with meander linking a cypress tree with a group of three botehs. Guard stripes: Inner and Outer: light green ground with small red floral motifs.