Publication Place
Caucasus (made) -
Subject
Equestrian Equipment Transport
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Maximum length: 176cm, Minimum length: 170cm, Maximum width: 78cm, Minimum width: 75cm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
T.73-1948
Record ID
T.73-1948
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
P. C. Manuk and Miss G. M. Coles Bequest through Art Fund
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wool
Fiziksel açıklama
saddlebag complete with two pockets, soumak, mostly countered, some single, horizontal wrappings, some diagonal. WEFT: light brown wool; Z2S; 18 threads per inch (80 per dm). WEFT: Foundation: red wool, Z spun, unplied; 1 shoot after each row of pattern weft; 20 shoots per inch (80 per dm). Pattern: wool;(see small crosses at edge of field for variation in diagonal directions); Z2S; 8 colours: red, yellow, dark blue, blue, light blue, dark brown, black, cream; Sequence: over 2 warp threads and back behind one. SIDE FINISH: returned wefts. Both bags are sewn together with decorative stitching in blocks of 7 colours including green (which does not appear on the bag face). END FINISH: each end has 14 blocks of split tapestry in red, blue, and dark brown with bands of soumak. Turned and stitched in place with the same decorative stitching as was used to assemble the bag. There are 15 loops, one of them at the end; 8 are blue and red, 6 are natural wool, perhaps hair; 1 is a mixture of the two types. These loops are along the top of one bag only and are stitched on with woollen thread of 2 browns plied together. They are made from one long cord. DESIGN: bag face field: diagonal lattice filled with octagons outlined in red. Each one is joined to the next by an oblong containing an X shape and each contains a hooked polygon. Inner border: cream ground with red and blue stars and small triangles. Outer border: blue ground with red crosses. The back: plain red tabby over paired warp threads with two bands of soumak in the middle. (The red on the back is very banded).
Üretim
Mentioned and illustrated in "Caucasian Rugs in the V & A", by M. Franses and R. Pinner (intro. by Donald King). Hali 1980, Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 96, 111, 114 Referred to in "Azerbaijani Carpets in the V & A" by Latif Kerimov. Published International Symposium, Baku, 1983, P. 58, pl. 50. from P.C. Manuk, Manchester Sq. W1, per NACF Bequest, part of a very large general bequest."Saddlebag (complete); somaq woven Turcoman ? 19th century". These pieces "hardly add to our collections on their merits. They will however be very useful to us. The demand for rugs to show with furniture is a strong one. We have lent some rugs to the National Trust and to Aston Hall. ... I therefore strongly recommend our accepting these... three saddlebags.". GWD to the Director.
