Details
A SILK KASHGAR CARPET FRAGMENT
EAST TURKESTAN, 18TH CENTURY
From the same carpet as the preceding lot, even wear, small holes, ragged edges
Approximately 1ft.10in. x 3ft.1in. (56cm. x 94cm.)
Warp: silk, ivory, or with blue, red or yellow tint, Z3S, depressed, slightly undulating
Weft: 3 shoots reddish silk, Z2S, the second somtimes Z3S, first and third slightly undulating, second strongly undulating
Pile: silk, asymmetrical open to the left, H5.0 x V3.6/cm.
EAST TURKESTAN, 18TH CENTURY
From the same carpet as the preceding lot, even wear, small holes, ragged edges
Approximately 1ft.10in. x 3ft.1in. (56cm. x 94cm.)
Warp: silk, ivory, or with blue, red or yellow tint, Z3S, depressed, slightly undulating
Weft: 3 shoots reddish silk, Z2S, the second somtimes Z3S, first and third slightly undulating, second strongly undulating
Pile: silk, asymmetrical open to the left, H5.0 x V3.6/cm.
Provenance
Acquired 12 May 1930 as a "Kashgar Fragment" for DM50