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Carpet fragment

Title	Carpet fragment
Author	Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1600
Publication Place	Iran Kerman Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 19cm, Width: 13.5cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1066B-1883
Record ID	1066B-1883
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1600
Notes	Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton warp and silk and wool wefts, design shows floral corner border, Kirman, Iran, 1600-1700
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Warp: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 32 threads per inch (128 per dm). Weft: cream silk, spin and ply indiscernable; grey wool, Z2S, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 3 shoots after each row of knots a) silk b) wool c) silk; 17 knots per inch (70 per dm, counted as 35 per 5 cm). Pile: wool; 15 colours: dark red, red, orange, light orange, yellow, light yellow, light-green, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, red-brown, dark brown, light brown (which may originally have been purple); asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 272 knots per sq. inch (4480 per dm). Side finish: cut. End finish: cut. Cotton Wool Silk (Textile) Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama	Carpet fragment, design shows border corner and main field. Field: dark red ground with a green stem and part of a blue blossom outlined in yellow, border: very dark blue ground with part of a light blue, probably five-petalled blossom with a probably six-petalled centre rosette in light brown (faded purple?) and with part of a dark red palette linked by a double meander - one stem of dark red and yellow and the secondary in pink.

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Carpet fragment

Author Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1600

Publication Place Iran Kerman Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 19cm, Width: 13.5cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1066B-1883

Record ID 1066B-1883

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1600

Notes Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton warp and silk and wool wefts, design shows floral corner border, Kirman, Iran, 1600-1700

Malzemeler ve teknikler Warp: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 32 threads per inch (128 per dm). Weft: cream silk, spin and ply indiscernable; grey wool, Z2S, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 3 shoots after each row of knots a) silk b) wool c) silk; 17 knots per inch (70 per dm, counted as 35 per 5 cm). Pile: wool; 15 colours: dark red, red, orange, light orange, yellow, light yellow, light-green, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, light blue, pink, red-brown, dark brown, light brown (which may originally have been purple); asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 272 knots per sq. inch (4480 per dm). Side finish: cut. End finish: cut. Cotton Wool Silk (Textile) Knotted Pile

Fiziksel açıklama Carpet fragment, design shows border corner and main field. Field: dark red ground with a green stem and part of a blue blossom outlined in yellow, border: very dark blue ground with part of a light blue, probably five-petalled blossom with a probably six-petalled centre rosette in light brown (faded purple?) and with part of a dark red palette linked by a double meander - one stem of dark red and yellow and the secondary in pink.