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Unknown
Basım Yeri
Caucasus (made) -
Konu
Textiles Floor Coverings
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Dil
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Fiziksel Boyutlar
Width: 905mm
(Top edge), Width: 925mm
(Bottom edge), Proper right length: 1285mm, Proper left length: 1245mm, Weight with roller weight: 15kg
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
T.444-1980
Kayıt Numarası
T.444-1980
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Carpet of woollen pile, Caucasus, late 19th century
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Woollen pile Wool Cotton
Fiziksel açıklama
Carpet of woollen pile in white, black, orange, yellow, light green, dark blue, blue and purple. The field is decorated with horizontal and vertical pairs of curled horns typical of the perpedil pattern on a dark blue ground. Along the central row are 2 octagons containing hooked, angular decoration and 2 small sprigs, each with 3 flowerheads and there are 2 ragged green blossoms with a central blue and faded purple star on a white lozenge. Each octagon and each ragged blossom have pairs of white birds, mostly inward facing, placed at their four corners. The most central pair, however, face outwards. The 2 outer rows of vertically placed horns have between them purple flanged lozenges. The field has many small yellow, orange and purple rosettes scattered across it, with horizontal S-motifs and very small quartered guls. Main border: white ground with serrated blossoms joined by 2 angular stems. Inner border: purple ground with blue and yellow twisted ribbon design. Outer border: as inner but blue ground and white and purple ribbon.. WARP: white and brown wool plied together; Z3S; 2 white and 1 brown; 20 threads to the inch (80 per dm). WEFT: white cotton; Z3S; 2 shoots after each row of knots; 16 knots to the inch (60 per dm). PILE: Wool; 8 colours: orange, yellow, light green, dark blue, blue, purple (faded), black, white; symmetrical knot tied around 2 warps; 160 knots to the inch (2400 per dem). SIDE FINISH: one cord over sewn with white cotton. END FINISH: Lower incomplete with max. 1 cm. remaining of plain weave with white cotton and evidence of a fringe max. 4 cms. with at least 2 rows of off-set knotting. Upper: 1 cm. remaining of plain weave with white cotton; evidence of a fringe max. 2.5 cm. with at least 2 rows of off-set knotting.
Üretim
Caucasian carpet cf: Bennett (1981) illus. 367 et al, "Perepedil, Kuba late 19th early 20th century.. almost all examples have a Kufic border". Schurmann (1974) illus. 73, "Shirvan, characteristic of the design found in Perepedil". NB all wool Kerimov (Allen Lane) 1984, illus. 45, "Perebedil, Divichi district, 19th century". NB. all wool. Wright and Wertime (1995) illus. 67, "Kuba district rug display, Kustar Exhibition, 1913 photograph.
