Have you seen the wonderful designs of William Morris?
A key figure in the Arts & Crafts Movement, Morris championed a principle of handmade production that didn't chime with the Victorian era's focus on industrial'progress.
Model: ART00248
Area: Bidjar
Material of Pile: Natural Dyed Hand-spun Wool
Material Warp / Weft: Wool on Wool
Structure: Symmetrical knot on slightly depressed warp inclining to the right
Knots Density: 29x36
Pile (mm): 7
Production Place: Southeastern Anatolia – Adiyaman Province
Stock Location: Tokyo
Size (EU): 131 X 185cm
Size (US): 4'3" X 6'0"
Area (EU): 2.4m²
Area (US): 26.1ft²
Bode Cloudband Oushak
This carpet is among the most famous in the Berlin collection. As early as 1871 it was acquired by Wilhelm von Bode for the painter Heinrich von Angeli, but it was not until 1905 that Bode was able to buy it from his heirs and donate it to the Museum. Von Angeli and some of his colleagues depicted this carpet several times. The charm of this carpet lies in its depth of colour, its high, dense pile and the impressive sheen of the wool. On a dark blue ground, two red-ground spandrels are separated in the form of niches by a strong white line. Unusually, the spandrels blend into each other at their tops. The lower half of the niche field is filled with a light blue cloud band, in whose arc a large blossom forms a fixed point. This cloud band is reminiscent of delimitations in the so-called keyhole or Bellini carpets. Their often angular arch forms are associated with fountains, which were needed for the ritual cleansing before prayer. Because of the Persian appearance of the blossoms, the origin of the cloud band from East Asian cultures, and the use of depressed warps, this carpet has occasionally been ascribed to Persia. However, not only the colour palette and the reference to the keyhole motif, but also the use of a symmetrical knot, speak in favour of a location in Turkey.
Source : Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum
Color summary: 8 colors of total most used 4 colors are
- Navy Blue 432 (Indigo – Pomegranate)
- Imperial Red 415 (Madder Root)
- Mandarian Orange 529 (Madder Root – Walnut Hulls)
- Emerald Green 407 (Chamomile – indigo)
Area: Bidjar
Material of Pile: Natural Dyed Hand-spun Wool
Material Warp / Weft: Wool on Wool
Structure: Symmetrical knot on slightly depressed warp inclining to the right
Knots Density: 29x36
Pile (mm): 7
Production Place: Southeastern Anatolia – Adiyaman Province
Stock Location: Tokyo
Size (EU): 131 X 185cm
Size (US): 4'3" X 6'0"
Area (EU): 2.4m²
Area (US): 26.1ft²
$2,700
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