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Floral Carpet (Afshan Pattern), 19th century
Türk ve Islam Eserleri Museum, Istanbul.
Acquired 30 December 1936. Inv. no. 939 (1-696) from the Ali Paşa
Mosque in Tokat. 233 x 570 cm
Field: Red Ground. Rows of large rosettes and stars, filled with brown and
red, on white stems and separated by alternate rows of blue rosettes and
palmettes outlined in brown.
Border: Yellow ground. Blue and red rosettes outlined in brown, have four
small stems ending in three-lobed rosettes between brown and red rosettes.
Warps: Z2S wool, light brown
Weft: Z2S wool, light brown, two shoots
Knots: symmetrical, 31 H x 32 V = 992
/ per square dm
Pile: wool, losely twisted and cut short, slanting to the left
Colours: red, blue, green, yellow, brown and ivory
Yetkin, Serare, Early Caucasian Carpets in Turkey, Vol. I, London, 1978, pl.
71.
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