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Carpet fragment

Title	Carpet fragment
Author	Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date:	1700
Publication Place	Iran Iran (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Length: 7cm (Maximum), Width: 42cm
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	1066-1883
Record ID	1066-1883
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1700
Notes	Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, striped design with floral borders, Iran, possibly 1700-1800
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Warp: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 30 threads per inch (116 per dm). Weft: white cotton; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; cream wool, Z2S; dark brown wool, Z2S; 2 parallel threads per shoot (this occasionally replaces the cream wool); 3 shoots after each row of knots a) cotton b) wool c) sinuous cotton; 13 knots per inch (53 per dm counted as 10.5 threads per 2 cm). Pile: wool; 14 colours: dark red, dark yellow, yellow, light yellow, dark green, light green, dark green-blue, light green-blue, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, pink, light pink, brown; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 195 knots per sq. inch (307 per sq. dm). Side finish: cut. End finish: cut. Cotton Wool Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama	Carpet fragment, design shows main field of five narrow bands of left-facing reciprocal dovetailing, each band separated by single line of knots in dark blue or brown; colours from the lowest bands are dark yellow; dark green; dark green-blue, pink. Border fields: dark blue ground with dark yellow rosette within dark blue blossom, Right inner border: yellow ground with apparent dark red and dark green-blue flowerheads on a very dark blue meander, Left outer border: yellow ground with angular shapes in blue and pink.

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Carpet fragment

Author Unknown (designed and made by)

Publication Date 1700

Publication Place Iran Iran (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Length: 7cm (Maximum), Width: 42cm

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID 1066-1883

Record ID 1066-1883

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1700

Notes Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton foundation, striped design with floral borders, Iran, possibly 1700-1800

Malzemeler ve teknikler Warp: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 30 threads per inch (116 per dm). Weft: white cotton; Z spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; cream wool, Z2S; dark brown wool, Z2S; 2 parallel threads per shoot (this occasionally replaces the cream wool); 3 shoots after each row of knots a) cotton b) wool c) sinuous cotton; 13 knots per inch (53 per dm counted as 10.5 threads per 2 cm). Pile: wool; 14 colours: dark red, dark yellow, yellow, light yellow, dark green, light green, dark green-blue, light green-blue, very dark blue, dark blue, blue, pink, light pink, brown; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 195 knots per sq. inch (307 per sq. dm). Side finish: cut. End finish: cut. Cotton Wool Knotted Pile

Fiziksel açıklama Carpet fragment, design shows main field of five narrow bands of left-facing reciprocal dovetailing, each band separated by single line of knots in dark blue or brown; colours from the lowest bands are dark yellow; dark green; dark green-blue, pink. Border fields: dark blue ground with dark yellow rosette within dark blue blossom, Right inner border: yellow ground with apparent dark red and dark green-blue flowerheads on a very dark blue meander, Left outer border: yellow ground with angular shapes in blue and pink.