Author
Unknown
Publication Date
1600
Publication Place
Iran (made) Kerman (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Weight: 13kg, Top edge width: 1505mm, Bottom edge width: 1490mm, Proper right edge length: 620mm, Proper left edge length: 760mm
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
360-1892
Record ID
360-1892
Library Location
Middle East Section
Date
1600
Notes
Carpet fragment, wool knotted pile on cotton warp and wool weft, 'Vase Carpet' lattice design on dark blue ground, Safavid Kirman, Iran, 1600-1700
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Warp: white cotton; Z4S; depressed; 34 threads per inch (125 per dm). Weft: blue and brown wool; both z spun, not possible to determine if plied; 3 shoots after each row of knots, sometimes all 3 are blue and sometimes only the middle one; 16 knots per inch (60 per dm). Pile: wool; 13 colours: red, dark yellow, yellow, light yellow, dark green, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, dark pink, pink, black (much corroded), cream; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 272 knots per sq. inch (3750 per sq. dm). Side finish: both sides are missing. End finish: both ends are missing. Cotton Wool Weaving Knotted Pile
Fiziksel açıklama
Carpet fragment from upper right of the field with a top and right-hand side border; vase technique. Design: field: a dark blue ground with a broad lattice of curving pink and yellow stems bearing, from the lower end, a large blue blossom, a yellow and then a red, and against the border, half a cream blossom and half a blue. Beneath the stems, in the upper half, are a cypress tree and a flowering tree; above the stems are two large sickle leaves - the lower curves to the left in overlapping blocks of colour, while the upper leaf is primarily yellow, has a serrated edge and contains a long floral spray. Elsewhere there are balls of two interlocking colours and part of a dark pink cloudband as well as smaller flowers, buds and sprays. Main border: a dark pink ground with a floral meander of a slender green vine bearing a blue, cream-centred palmette that alternates with a green and pink rosette. Inner guard stripe: a reciprocal 'Y' design in red and cream.
Üslup
Safavid Persian
