Details
A KASHGAR MAT
EAST TURKESTAN, 18TH CENTURY
A pair to the preceding lot, partially corroded browns, very minor tinting to corroded browns, areas of wear
Approximately 3ft.3in. x 3ft.4in. (99cm. x 102cm.)
Warp: ivory or light blue cotton, Z4S, considerably depressed, slightly undulating
Weft: 3 shoots ivory or pink cotton, Z6S, first and third slightly undulating, second strongly undulating
Pile: wool, Z2-3S, asymmetrical open to the left, H4.1 x V3.0/cm.
Sides: main weft flat-woven around two additional warps, sometimes between the outermost knotted warp and the two additional warps, travelling over the flatweave, dark brown wool yarn Z4S wound irregularly around one or two of the additional warps
Lower end: approx 0.5cm. plainweave with ivory cotton Z6S
Remarks: Very occasionally there are two knots between weft passes
EAST TURKESTAN, 18TH CENTURY
A pair to the preceding lot, partially corroded browns, very minor tinting to corroded browns, areas of wear
Approximately 3ft.3in. x 3ft.4in. (99cm. x 102cm.)
Warp: ivory or light blue cotton, Z4S, considerably depressed, slightly undulating
Weft: 3 shoots ivory or pink cotton, Z6S, first and third slightly undulating, second strongly undulating
Pile: wool, Z2-3S, asymmetrical open to the left, H4.1 x V3.0/cm.
Sides: main weft flat-woven around two additional warps, sometimes between the outermost knotted warp and the two additional warps, travelling over the flatweave, dark brown wool yarn Z4S wound irregularly around one or two of the additional warps
Lower end: approx 0.5cm. plainweave with ivory cotton Z6S
Remarks: Very occasionally there are two knots between weft passes
Provenance
Acquired 9 August 1937 as a "Kaschgar"
Literature
Bernheimer, Otto: Alte Teppiche des 16.-18. Jahrhunderts der Firma L. Bernheimer, Munich, 1959, pl.84
Schrmann, Ulrich: Central Asian Rugs, Frankfurt am Main, 1969, pl.78
Schrmann, Ulrich: Central Asian Rugs, Frankfurt am Main, 1969, pl.78