Author
Unknown
Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Medallions Cartouches Floral Patterns
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Weight with roller weight: 15kg, Bottom, max width: 1200mm, Top, max width: 1215mm, Proper left max length: 1710mm, Proper right max length: 1790mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.690-1994
Record ID
T.690-1994
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
Carpet, "Transylvanian" type, knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft, Turkish, 18th century.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Knotted woollen pile on woollen warp and weft Wool Yarn Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
Carpet of "Transylvanian" type. Red ground with a white ground central medallion containing a blue medallion with a central red roundel. Floral motifs based on blossoms and leaves decorate these medallions and the corners of the field. The inner and outer borders have flowers and spots on a white ground. The main border has yellow and red cartouches on a white ground. There are no corner solutions at the top. Warp: white wool dyed red towards the ends (about 2" at the top and 12" at the bottom). It may then have been re-dyed brown; Z2S; 17 threads per inch (70 per dm). Weft: white wool; spin and twist uncertain; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 8 rows of knots per inch (30/dm). Pile wool; 5 colours: red, yellow, blue, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around two threads; 8/knots/sq. inch (1050/sq. dm). Side finish: incomplete; remains of yellow wool overcasting. End finish: missing.
