Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1880
Publication Place
Iran (made) Afghanistan (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Top edge width: 1250mm, Bottom edge width: 1270mm, Proper right edge length: 2840mm, Proper left edge length: 2940mm, Weight including roller (shared with t.599 1999) weight: 21.5kg
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.600-1999
Record ID
T.600-1999
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1880
Notes
wool, flatweave, 1880-1900, Baluch
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woollen weft-faced plainweave with weft float patterning. Wool Weaving
Fiziksel açıklama
Hand-woven, very light weight carpet with a light red ground decorated with many bands of various patterns alternating with bands of solid colour. There are no borders. Bands from the lower end: (1) undecorated dark brown. (2) narrow dark red edged with white. (3) dark brown with a row of dark red octagons outlined with light red. Each octagon has a small dark and light red pendant above and below and is joined to its neighbour by a green line. (4) as (2) (5) as (1) (6) undecorated dark red (7) undecorated green (8) undecorated light red with sawtooth reciprocal edge with undecorated dark brown (9) wide band of undecorated dark red (10) as (8) (11) as (7) (12) as (6) (13) dark blue ground with 2 offset rows of dark red flowerheads separated by a light red lattice. (14) dark red ground with wide band of decoration: row of green X-motifs separated by white vertical lines beginning around a dark blue dot and continuing upwards to form the lower border of a row of green and light red diamonds outlined in dark blue. This sequence is then reflected immediately above. (15) as (13) Repeat (6) to (11) (22) as (3) but different colours (23) green ground as (14) but different colours and with the white border and X-motifs being replaced with a solid row of blocks of dark red and dark blue outlined in light red. (24) as (22) Repeat (7) to (12) (31) dark blue ground with 3 offset bands of red and light red flowerheads (32) dark red ground with 5 offset bands of green and dark blue flowerheads within a white and yellow octagonal lattice. (33) as (31) Repeat (6) to (12) (41) wide dark blue band with inward facing reciprocal octagons outlined with white. Along the centre of the band are light red diamonds with a horizontal bar at either end from which 3 lines extend, ending with a small light and dark red diamond. Repeat (6) to (22) (59) as (7) (60) as (6) (61) dark blue ground as (32) but different colours (62) dark red ground with 2 rows of green diamonds outlined with white (63) as (7) (64) undecorated light red. (65) wide dark blue band with a row of small crosses in dark red outlined in light red. Above these is a row of large dark red diamonds with dark blue centres, then an offset row of green diamonds and then a repeat of the dark red/dark blue diamonds and the row of small red diamonds. (66) as (64) (67) as (7) (68) as (62) (69) as (7) (70) as (64) (71) dark red ground with green flowerheads with red centres separated by white lines ending in a small white and dark blue dot. Repeat (7) to (12) (78) dark blue ground as (3) (79) as (14) with X-motifs. (80) as (78) Repeat (6) to (12) (96) as (31) (97) as (32) Technique: Flatweave: weft faced plainweave with weft float patterning. WARP: light brown wool; Z2S; 11 threads per inch (42 per dm). WEFT: dark red, light red, yellow, green, dark blue, dark brown, white (7 colours) wool; Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 36 threads per inch (144 per dm) SIDES AND ENDS: cut and bound with a variety of fabrics machine stitched in place includinga fine black wool printed with a floral design, a striped fabric predominantly black, green, red and yellow and a fine diagonally striped wool predominantly red, blue and green.
Üretim
This carpet was woven by the Baluchis, a nomadic people occupying an area bounded by Bandar Abbas and Bam in the west, the Punjab and the Kirthar range of mountains in the east, the Arabian Sea to the south and areas of the Afghan province Chakhansur (Nimroz) and the Iranian province of Seistan. This carpet is thought to have been made in Seistan.
Üretim tipi
Unique
