Wool knotted pile, on cotton warp and cotton and wool weft; asymmetrical knot, open to the left, with jufti knots and off-set knotting; 280 knots per sq. in (4,320 per sq. dm)
WARP: white cotton; Z4S; 28 threads to the inch (108 per dm); depressed.
WEFT: white cotton and brown wool; cotton = Z2S; wool = Z-spun, unplied, 2 parallel threads per shoot; 1 shoot of cotton after each row of knots and one sinuous shoot of wool after every 5 rows of knots; 20 knots per inch (80 per dm). Blue cotton weft has been used at the lower end of the carpet, about 2" from the end.
PILE: wool; 9 colours: red, orange, yellow, green, light green, dark blue, blue, purple (faded), white; asymmetrical knot open to the left and predominantly tied around 2 warps. Jufti knots are scattered throughout the carpet but are predominantly and in narrow unpatterned stripes of red, dark blue and purple and in the dots in meanders. There is off-set knotting too. 280 knots per sq. inch (4320 per sq. dm).
SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with red wool.
END FINISH: Lower: incomplete but with evidence of plain weave with white cotton weft. Upper: missing - loose warp threads.
