Author
Unknown
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Weight: 14kg, Bottom width: 1210mm, Top width: 1215mm, Prooer right length: 2050mm, Proper left length: 2660mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.22-1970
Record ID
T.22-1970
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Silk carpet, Turkey, 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Silk Turkish knot pile Silk
Fiziksel açıklama
Silk carpet, late 19th century, Hereke or Kum Kapi. The field is covered with thin arabesques in shades of yellow, cream, brown and olive, with a pervading golden glow. Tiny flower heads are almost indistinguishable in pale pink, pale blue and a muted pinkish-red. Warp: yellow and pink silk arranged in blocks; S3Z; 52 threads per inch (210 per dm); depressed. Weft: grey silk in the upper part of carpet, red silk in the lower part; S-spun, unplied; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 25 knots per inch (100 per dm). Pile: silk; 11 colours: dark red, yellow, dark green, green, light green, blue, light blue, pink, light brown, black, light grey plus some very pale shades which may have faded; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 650 knots per sq. inch (10500 per sq. dm). Side finish: web of 6 cords worked in purple silk; there are small blocks of cream and red silk towards the upper end. The weft from the carpet goes around only the innermost cord on each side. End finish: 1 cm. of plain weave with purple weft; there is a warp fringe which is in blocks of yellow and pink. Design: Field: yellow ground covered with a repeating grid-like pattern of arabesques interspersed with small flowers. Main border: blue ground with a detailed floral meander with arabesques and large palmettes. Inner border: pink ground with a floral meander. Outer border: blue ground with a larger version of the inner border design Outermost border: yellow ground with a small floral meander.
Üretim
cf: Ellis (1988) illus. 37, "Hereke (?), Anatolia, mid nineteenth century".NB analysis on p. 115. Note arabesque within medallion and the quatrefoil links in the main border. Hali (issue 101), Thomas Darnham on the Yerkes Collection, illus. 15, p. 82. NB allover field design. RP: From this list of possible textiles for acquisition by the V & A. Hall: no. 23. "Persian silk rug with arabesque design, tawney centre. We were not quite sure whether this was a Hereke. Late 19th century very fine". GIFT. 28th January 1970. Silk rug: arabesque design. TURKISH (Herake) 19th c.
