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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Publication Date:	1850
Publication Place	Turkey (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Top edge width: 895mm, Bottom edge width: 880mm, Proper right length: 1810mm, Proper left length: 1830mm, Weight: 12kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	T.140-1924
Record ID	T.140-1924
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1850
Notes	Turkish
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool
Fiziksel açıklama	Turkish prayer carpet; slit tapestry WARP: white wool; Z2S; 9-13 threads per inch (37-44 per dm). WEFT: wool; Z-spun, unplied; 7 colours: red, green, dark blue, purple (faded), pink, brown, white, 37-50 threads per inch (152-180 per dm). SIDE FINSIH: Returned weft END FINISH: lower: fringe max. 16 cms. long partially knotted with evidence of a line of pink weft twining above the knots. Upper: missing. DESIGN: field: white ground, undecorated red rectangle (one small white motif towards the bottom) ending in a 2-sided niche extending into a pair of pink horns separating the green spandrels; the red area and the white ground are edged vertically in a toothed pattern. The white ground and the (a) purple and (b) pink toothed-edged borders all bear a line of hourglass motifs in various colours. Lower and upper outermost border: white ground with a bold interlocking pattern of S-motifs in all colours. Below this is a band of plainweave with brown wool and there is evidence of a similar band above.

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Carpet

Publication Date 1850

Publication Place Turkey (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Top edge width: 895mm, Bottom edge width: 880mm, Proper right length: 1810mm, Proper left length: 1830mm, Weight: 12kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID T.140-1924

Record ID T.140-1924

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1850

Notes Turkish

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool

Fiziksel açıklama Turkish prayer carpet; slit tapestry WARP: white wool; Z2S; 9-13 threads per inch (37-44 per dm). WEFT: wool; Z-spun, unplied; 7 colours: red, green, dark blue, purple (faded), pink, brown, white, 37-50 threads per inch (152-180 per dm). SIDE FINSIH: Returned weft END FINISH: lower: fringe max. 16 cms. long partially knotted with evidence of a line of pink weft twining above the knots. Upper: missing. DESIGN: field: white ground, undecorated red rectangle (one small white motif towards the bottom) ending in a 2-sided niche extending into a pair of pink horns separating the green spandrels; the red area and the white ground are edged vertically in a toothed pattern. The white ground and the (a) purple and (b) pink toothed-edged borders all bear a line of hourglass motifs in various colours. Lower and upper outermost border: white ground with a bold interlocking pattern of S-motifs in all colours. Below this is a band of plainweave with brown wool and there is evidence of a similar band above.