Carpet

Carpet

Middle East, Textile, Carpet; Carpet, wool knotted pile on wool foundation, offset design of human figures among trees on dark blue ground, Qashqai, Fars province, Iran, 1875-1925

Carpet

Wool knotted pile on wool foundation, asymmetrical knot. PILE: knotted, looped, wool, 11 colours: dark red, red, orange, dark green, green, light green, dark blue, light blue, dark brown, brown, white; asymmetrical, open to the left, tied around 2 warp threads. WARP: wool, Z2S; depressed, density 26-30 per inch (104-120 per dm); light brown WEFT: wool, Z2S; 2 shoots after each row of knots, 2 rows of knots to 12" (42 dm). very light pink. SIDE FINISH: 1 cord oversewn with red and dark green wool giving striped effect, finishing in a short side plait. Lower: warp loops 2 1/2" (27 cm) in the right half of the carpet where the cable has broken and warp ends have been twisted into a fringe. Above warp loops is another cord and above 1/2" (2.5 cm) plain weave with white cotton and then 1" (2.5 cm) plain weave with red wool followed by 1 row of weft wrapping in red and dark green wool. NB: lower left hand side has too tight tension which crimples the bottom left area. Top end: 3/2" (2 cm) plain weave in red wool. Warp fringe 5" (13 cm) knotted. Between plain weave and pile, one row of weft twining in red and blue wool.

Iran (made)

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