Publication Place
Turkey (made) -
Subject
Textiles
Type
Other
Language
Undetermined
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Physical Dimensions
Proper right length: 1470mm, Proper left length: 1610mm, Top edge width: 1075mm, Bottom edge width: 1125mm, Weight: 13kg
Library
Victoria and Albert Museum
Library Asset ID
357-1878
Record ID
357-1878
Library Location
Middle East Section
Notes
1700-1800s, Turkish; Mudjar
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Wool
Fiziksel açıklama
Single niche carpet. Mudjar, 19th century. Woven from the point of the niche; it has been cut down the middle and rejoined but about 4" of the width is missing. WARP: white wool; Z2S; 13 threads per inch (52 per dm). WEFT: red wool; Z spun, unplied; 2 occasionally 3 shoots after each row of knots; number of knots varies, average 8 knots per inch (32 per dm). PILE: wool; 9 colours: red, light red, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 52 knots per sq. inch (832 per sq. dm). SIDE FINISH: missing END FINISH: missing DESIGN: divided into 3 sections: the upper and the middle part is a red panel with a simple stepped niche bordered by a blue line supporting intruding blue flowers and by a white, a yellow and then a red line. The middle part has a green field with two red floral sprigs and two rosettes; a series of three zigzag lines outline small purple and yellow triangles which border three sides of the green field. The lowest panel has a red ground with three downward pointing broad arrows outlined in white and each containing a sprig; between them are three narrow upward pointing angular sprigs (arrowhead). Main border: yellow ground with large rosettes framed by four pairs of curled V-motifs set on diagonals forming a yellow diamond background to the rosette. The colour combinations appaear in the same order on both sides. Inner border: blue ground with a line of touching diamonds outlined in yellow. Each one filled with five flowerheads. Between each diamond is a pair of red floral sprigs. Outer border: missing but evidence of black ground with motifs in all colours.
Üretim
cf: Thompson (1983) illus. p.4. "Mujur. Nineteenth century" Batari (1994). illus. 155. "Mucur, about 1800" NB: inner border, field ground colours, dotted decoration and plainweave ends. Spuhler (1988) illus. 45. "Mujur, 19th century". NB. niche panel within field. Also illus. 46 and 47. Mackie (TM1974) illus XVIII, 'Mujur, early 19th century' Dimand (1973) illus. 208, "Mujur, beginning of 19th century"
