Author
Unknown Unknown (designed and made by)
Publication Date
1550
Publication Place
Iran Iran (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Maximum length: 63.5cm, Minimum length: 62cm, Width: 87cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
38-1892
Record ID
38-1892
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1550
Notes
Middle East, Carpet, Fragment. Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on silk foundation, design of antlered deer, Chinese kylin, cloudbands, lotus leaves and flowers against red ground, Safavid Iran, 1550-1600
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wool Silk Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
Warp: cream silk; Z2S; depressed; 35 threads per inch (140 per dm). Weft: cream silk; Z spun; unplied; 2 parallel threads to each shoot and 3 shoots after each row of knots; 16 knots per inch (58 per dm). Pile: wool; 12 colours: dark red, light red, orange, dark yellow, yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, light blue, light brown, black, white; symmetrical knot, open to the right and tied around 2 warp threads; 280 knots per sq. inch (3850 per sq. dm). NB: report on dyes shows: red = lac, orange = madder, yellow = luteolin. Side finish: cut. End finish: cut. Design: Field: dark red ground with 2 stem systems - a) dark blue and outlined in yellow; b) green and bearing large composite blossoms and flowerheads. Field also contains orange cloud bands and 2 spotted animals.
Üslup
Safavid
