Yazar
Unknown
Basım Yeri
Turkey (made) -
Konu
Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors
Tür
Diğer
Dil
Belirlenmemiş dil
Dijital
Evet
Yazma
Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Top edge width: 1170mm, Bottom edge width: 1170mm, Proper right length: 1800mm, Proper left length: 1830mm, Weight of object including roller weight: 13kg
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
T.38-1970
Kayıt Numarası
T.38-1970
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Silk and wool carpet, Turkey, 20th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Knotted wool and silk pile, with cotton Silk Wool
Fiziksel açıklama
Turkish carpet with central medallion of cream silk, outlined in purple and red wool. Debased cloud bands and flowers cover a white ground, with purple corner pieces. Warp: blue and white cotton laid in blocks of approximately 3-4 cm.; Z3S; 37 threads per inch (140 per dm); depressed Weft: green cotton; Z2S; 4 parallel threads per shoot, 2 shoots of weft after each row of knots; 21 knots to the inch (87 per dm). Pile: wool and silk; 9 colours: dark red, light orange, light yellow, green, light green wool and silk, light blue, purple, pink, brown; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 388 knots per sq. inch (6090 per sq. dm). Side finish: web of 6 cords overcast with pink wool. The main weft goes around the innermost cord only. End finish: Lower: warp loops with 1 cm plain weave with white, red, yellow and red weft. Upper: cut Design: Field: green ground with central light green oval medallion in silk framed by blossoms; the ground is covered with arabesques and blossoms also covering four corner spandrels with purple ground. Main border: reciprocal purple and light green lobes filled with flowers; the green extends to form a scalloped edge. Inner border: light orange ground with a pink interlacing arabesque on top of a green one. Outer border: shallow scallop with cloud bands on dark red ground and contain inscriptions (top left) "Hereke". NB This gives the impression of a silk carpet that has been copied in wool.
