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Carpet, Main carpet, unusually small
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Unusually small Tekke main carpet. Unlike other Tekke rugs, designed for the floor. Referred to in older literature as "Bokhara," or "Princess Bokhara."
Warp: 2 S plied Z spun, hard, tightly spun undyed white wool; one level. Weft: 1 ply Z spun; usually 2 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun. Pile colors: dark red, light red, dark blue, blue-green, white and probably undyed brown, and yellow. Knots: asymmetical, open to the right, and pulled strongly right. Knots per vertical decimeter: 50. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 46. Both selvedges: 1 bundle of 4 warps wrapped in indigo blue wool. Both ends: stripped, but with pile alems still extant.
Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Elizabeth Gowing in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Willoughby H. Stuart Jr.
Title: Carpet, Main carpet, unusually small
Description:
Unusually small Tekke main carpet.
Unlike other Tekke rugs, designed for the floor.
Referred to in older literature as "Bokhara," or "Princess Bokhara.
"
Warp: 2 S plied Z spun, hard, tightly spun undyed white wool; one level.
Weft: 1 ply Z spun; usually 2 yarns per shoot.
Pile: 2 S plied Z spun.
Pile colors: dark red, light red, dark blue, blue-green, white and probably undyed brown, and yellow.
Knots: asymmetical, open to the right, and pulled strongly right.
Knots per vertical decimeter: 50.
Knots per horizontal decimeter: 46.
Both selvedges: 1 bundle of 4 warps wrapped in indigo blue wool.
Both ends: stripped, but with pile alems still extant.
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