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Carpet

Title	Carpet
Author	Unknown (made)
Publication Date:	1750
Publication Place	Armenia (made) Dagestan (made) -
Subject	Textiles
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	Maximum length: 269cm, Minimum length: 249cm, Maximum width: 89cm, Minimum width: 15cm, Weight: 8kg
Library:	Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID	CIRC.378-1923
Record ID	CIRC.378-1923
Library Location	Middle East Section
Date	1750
Notes	Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool pile on wool foundation, possibly Armenia or Dagestan, 1750-1800
Malzemeler ve teknikler	Wool knotted pile on wool foundation, symmetrical knot. WARP: white wool sometimes plied with brown; Z3S; 12 threads to the inch (46 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (44 per dm). PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, blue, purple, dark brown, cream, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads; 72 knots per sq. inch )1-12 pere sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: mostly missing but evidence on lower left of 2 cords overcast with cream wool. END FINISH: Lower: missing Upper: missing. Wool
Fiziksel açıklama	Carpet design: Main field: cream ground with offset bands of 2 or 3 motifs resembling double-headed edges with a shield in the centre and forming diagonal rows of blue or of red and purple. A small quartered diamond lies between these motifs. There are thin, dark brown hooks around the sides. Main border: incomplete. Reciprocal, trefoil-like pattern in dark brown and light red outlined in blue. There is a pair of white hooks at the base of each 'trefoil'. Inner border: white ground with a blue and red angular meander with a dark brown bud. There is no outer border. Catalogue date. 13.06.97
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, 113, 114 c.f. none found. Franses and Pinner (Hali, 1980), the design is "... unfamiliar to us" "Fragment of Armenian or Caucasian carpet, 17th or early 18th century"
Üslup	Caucasian

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Carpet

Author Unknown (made)

Publication Date 1750

Publication Place Armenia (made) Dagestan (made) -

Subject Textiles

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions Maximum length: 269cm, Minimum length: 249cm, Maximum width: 89cm, Minimum width: 15cm, Weight: 8kg

Library Victoria and Albert Museum

Library Asset ID CIRC.378-1923

Record ID CIRC.378-1923

Library Location Middle East Section

Date 1750

Notes Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool pile on wool foundation, possibly Armenia or Dagestan, 1750-1800

Malzemeler ve teknikler Wool knotted pile on wool foundation, symmetrical knot. WARP: white wool sometimes plied with brown; Z3S; 12 threads to the inch (46 per dm). WEFT: brown wool; Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 12 knots per inch (44 per dm). PILE: wool; 8 colours: red, light red, yellow, blue, purple, dark brown, cream, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warp threads; 72 knots per sq. inch )1-12 pere sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: mostly missing but evidence on lower left of 2 cords overcast with cream wool. END FINISH: Lower: missing Upper: missing. Wool

Fiziksel açıklama Carpet design: Main field: cream ground with offset bands of 2 or 3 motifs resembling double-headed edges with a shield in the centre and forming diagonal rows of blue or of red and purple. A small quartered diamond lies between these motifs. There are thin, dark brown hooks around the sides. Main border: incomplete. Reciprocal, trefoil-like pattern in dark brown and light red outlined in blue. There is a pair of white hooks at the base of each 'trefoil'. Inner border: white ground with a blue and red angular meander with a dark brown bud. There is no outer border. Catalogue date. 13.06.97

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, 113, 114 c.f. none found. Franses and Pinner (Hali, 1980), the design is "... unfamiliar to us" "Fragment of Armenian or Caucasian carpet, 17th or early 18th century"

Üslup Caucasian