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拍品專文
The knot count measures approximately 8V x 7H per cm. sq.
The souf technique involves the design being piled as in a normal carpet. The ground however is flatwoven, allowing the design to stand out both physically and visually. The main structure of souf Kashan carpets has a central cotton core, but it is woven such that in the areas of flatwoven ground it is covered by the secondary silk wefts. When a souf carpet becomes worn you begin to see the cotton structure showing through the coloured silk ground.
The colour in the field is given by the surface coloured silk warps and wefts. In most Kashan souf rugs and carpets these are both of a uniform colour. Sometimes one finds additional metal-thread wefting providing a silver field. A small number of souf carpets use this technical feature to create field and border designs that are different. The present rug is exemplary in its execution, design and colour, with a particularly attractive soft shade of green as its ground colour.
The souf technique involves the design being piled as in a normal carpet. The ground however is flatwoven, allowing the design to stand out both physically and visually. The main structure of souf Kashan carpets has a central cotton core, but it is woven such that in the areas of flatwoven ground it is covered by the secondary silk wefts. When a souf carpet becomes worn you begin to see the cotton structure showing through the coloured silk ground.
The colour in the field is given by the surface coloured silk warps and wefts. In most Kashan souf rugs and carpets these are both of a uniform colour. Sometimes one finds additional metal-thread wefting providing a silver field. A small number of souf carpets use this technical feature to create field and border designs that are different. The present rug is exemplary in its execution, design and colour, with a particularly attractive soft shade of green as its ground colour.