Yazar
Unknown
Basım Yeri
Caucasus (made) -
Konu
Textiles Floor Coverings Interiors Tapestry
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Dil
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Hayır
Fiziksel Boyutlar
Length: 64cm, Width: 119cm
Kütüphane
Victoria and Albert Museum
Demirbaş Numarası
T.49-1975
Kayıt Numarası
T.49-1975
Lokasyon
Middle East Section
Notlar
Fragment of hand knotted carpet of cotton and wool, Caucasus, 19th century.
Malzemeler ve teknikler
Hand knotted wool and cotton Wool Cotton
Fiziksel açıklama
Carpet fragment of hand knotted wool and cotton. WARP: cream and brown wool plied together; Z3S; two cream and one brown; 18 threads per inch (63 per dm). WEFT: white cotrton; Z3S, possibly two cotton and one wool; 2 shoots after every row of knots; 10 knots per inch (40 per dm). PILE: wool; 11 colours: red, orange, yellow , dark green, light green, dark blue, light blue, dark brown (corroded), light brown, black, cream; plus small amount of olive embroidery to replace corroded dark brown, with some pink/green embroidery; symmetrical knot tied around 2 threads; 90 knots per sq. inch (1260 per sa. dm.) SIDE FINISH: incomplete. Wefts cut and outer guard stripe missing. Blue cord seam onto raw edge and oversewn. END FINISH: cut DESIGN: Field: dark blue ground with central six-sided, blue medallion bordered with blocks containing flowerheads, with an outer, stepped border of red/green squares. There are geometric motifs, blossoms and S motifs in the field and part of two hooked, multi-coloured diamonds in the upper part. Main border: white ground with a curved, overlapping motif - each in a different colour. Inner border: yellow S motif on red Outer border: red S motif on light blue.
Üretim
Retirement gift from Mr. Benardout of the Anglo-Persian Carpet Co., S. Kensington: Part of a carpet, Caucasian (Moghan), 19th c. "I write to thank you most cordially for your kindness in allowing the Museum to select from your stock such carpet freagments as will be useful for teaching purposes and for showing designs so far unrepresented in our collection."
