HTML Microdata document

This HTML5 document contains 62 embedded RDF statements represented using HTML+Microdata notation.

The embedded RDF content will be recognized by any processor of HTML5 Microdata.

Namespace Prefixes

Prefix	IRI
dc	http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
n13	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/
rdfs	http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#
n14	http://data.silknow.org/object/3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe/dimension/
n7	http://data.silknow.org/vocabulary/
silk	http://data.silknow.org/ontology/
ecrm	http://erlangen-crm.org/current/
rdf	http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
n9	http://data.silknow.org/image/
owl	http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#
prov	http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#
n6	http://data.silknow.org/object/
xsdh	http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#
n2	http://data.silknow.org/statement/
n5	http://data.silknow.org/activity/

Statements

Subject Item: n6:3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe
rdf:type: ecrm:E22_Man-Made_Object
rdfs:label: 1600 / 1625, Iran
rdfs:comment: Carpet with Brocaded Background Jameel Gallery Iran, probably Isfahan 1600–25 The most opulent Iranian carpets are made with a pile of silk rather than wool. Here the coloured pile is combined with brocading in silver thread, an even more expensive technique. In parts of the design, the silver-wrapped thread has a yellow silk core, making it appear gold. These luxurious carpets were often exported. Some were found in Poland, and it was once thought they were made there. Cotton warp, wool and silk wefts, silk pile with metal-wrapped thread Museum no. T.404-1910 Bequest of George Salting [06/2019] This relatively small carpet is produced with a luxurious combination of silk knotted pile design against background areas of metal brocade, creating a shimmering combination. Today the colours are reduced to light blue, pale green, cream and other light pastels, with some dark blue details: it is possible that the silk pile has faded over the centuries. This lightness conceals the refined complexity of the design itself, which is folded across a horizontal and a vertical axis – a quartered design of calculated symmetry. Ordered around a central point, two lobed pendants mirror each other at the upper and lower side. Each features a striped central roundel, embedded in floral surrounds and scrollwork. Half-medallions meet the sides of the carpet design, with large bisected lotus flowers. Very fine carpets such as this were woven in Isfahan, Iran’s capital under the Safavid dynasty from 1598 until the fall of the Safavids in 1722. Throughout the seventeenth century, international traders from across Asia and Europe were attracted to Isfahan to buy raw silk, following an economic policy introduced by Shah ‘Abbas I. Silk carpets brocaded with precious metal thread, such as this, made impressive diplomatic gifts, as well as trading goods: examples were sent to courts and trading corporations alike, in Venice, Copenhagen and many other centres. Examples survive in international collections to this day. Carpet, Polonaise design, hand knotted silk pile on cotton warp and woollen and silk weft with areas brocaded with metal thread, Persian, early 17th century. WARP: white cotton (z-spun, new analysis 03/09/15); unable to ascertain spin, ply or twist, 35 threads per inch (140 per dm); depressed. WEFT: red wool and yellow silk; z-spun, unplied; 3 shoots after each row of knots (1 wool, 1 silk, 1 wool); 16 knots per inch (72 per dm). Brocaded thread: silver strip over white silk and silver strip over yellow silk. These brocaded threads do not go through to the back of the carpet, possibly because of the depressed warp. Seems to have been brocaded over 6 threads. PILE: silk; 7 colours: yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, beige, black; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 280 knots per sq. inch (5040 per sq. dm) SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with yellow silk END FINISH: cut DESIGN: Two ogival medallions each with a striped composite blossom. The ground is filled with arabesques, flowering stems and blossoms. Main border: blossoms, palmettes in lobed medallions linked by elaborate arabesques. Inner and outer border: floral meander. Catalogue date: 9.8.91 (warp re-analysed 03/09/15, identified as cotton not wool) Middle East, Carpet. Carpet, silk knotted pile on cotton warp and wool-silk-wool triple wefts, silver brocaded areas, 'Polonaise' design of two half-palmette medallions along vertical central axis against brocaded ground, Isfahan, Safavid Iran, 1600-1625
owl:sameAs: n13:O67211
dc:identifier: T.404-1910
ecrm:P3_has_note: Carpet with Brocaded Background Jameel Gallery Iran, probably Isfahan 1600–25 The most opulent Iranian carpets are made with a pile of silk rather than wool. Here the coloured pile is combined with brocading in silver thread, an even more expensive technique. In parts of the design, the silver-wrapped thread has a yellow silk core, making it appear gold. These luxurious carpets were often exported. Some were found in Poland, and it was once thought they were made there. Cotton warp, wool and silk wefts, silk pile with metal-wrapped thread Museum no. T.404-1910 Bequest of George Salting [06/2019] Middle East, Carpet. Carpet, silk knotted pile on cotton warp and wool-silk-wool triple wefts, silver brocaded areas, 'Polonaise' design of two half-palmette medallions along vertical central axis against brocaded ground, Isfahan, Safavid Iran, 1600-1625 Carpet, Polonaise design, hand knotted silk pile on cotton warp and woollen and silk weft with areas brocaded with metal thread, Persian, early 17th century. WARP: white cotton (z-spun, new analysis 03/09/15); unable to ascertain spin, ply or twist, 35 threads per inch (140 per dm); depressed. WEFT: red wool and yellow silk; z-spun, unplied; 3 shoots after each row of knots (1 wool, 1 silk, 1 wool); 16 knots per inch (72 per dm). Brocaded thread: silver strip over white silk and silver strip over yellow silk. These brocaded threads do not go through to the back of the carpet, possibly because of the depressed warp. Seems to have been brocaded over 6 threads. PILE: silk; 7 colours: yellow, green, dark blue, blue, light blue, beige, black; asymmetrical knot open to the left and tied around 2 threads; 280 knots per sq. inch (5040 per sq. dm) SIDE FINISH: one cord oversewn with yellow silk END FINISH: cut DESIGN: Two ogival medallions each with a striped composite blossom. The ground is filled with arabesques, flowering stems and blossoms. Main border: blossoms, palmettes in lobed medallions linked by elaborate arabesques. Inner and outer border: floral meander. Catalogue date: 9.8.91 (warp re-analysed 03/09/15, identified as cotton not wool) This relatively small carpet is produced with a luxurious combination of silk knotted pile design against background areas of metal brocade, creating a shimmering combination. Today the colours are reduced to light blue, pale green, cream and other light pastels, with some dark blue details: it is possible that the silk pile has faded over the centuries. This lightness conceals the refined complexity of the design itself, which is folded across a horizontal and a vertical axis – a quartered design of calculated symmetry. Ordered around a central point, two lobed pendants mirror each other at the upper and lower side. Each features a striped central roundel, embedded in floral surrounds and scrollwork. Half-medallions meet the sides of the carpet design, with large bisected lotus flowers. Very fine carpets such as this were woven in Isfahan, Iran’s capital under the Safavid dynasty from 1598 until the fall of the Safavids in 1722. Throughout the seventeenth century, international traders from across Asia and Europe were attracted to Isfahan to buy raw silk, following an economic policy introduced by Shah ‘Abbas I. Silk carpets brocaded with precious metal thread, such as this, made impressive diplomatic gifts, as well as trading goods: examples were sent to courts and trading corporations alike, in Venice, Copenhagen and many other centres. Examples survive in international collections to this day.
ecrm:P43_has_dimension: n14:4 n14:5 n14:2 n14:3 n14:1
ecrm:P65_shows_visual_item: n7:743 n7:745
ecrm:P138i_has_representation: n9:39e38b2c-de56-319d-b3cc-189d5f488b9d n9:d066f331-a653-3bf4-b476-47702e5ae39a n9:da232a8c-524a-38d9-906d-e168df027f45 n9:0460898e-15d9-37bb-ae37-8a1ed8e04969 n9:05336e0f-7319-3535-b4eb-49cf137d6a13 n9:1ac77e41-126b-3beb-afe9-f7fe55d17112
ecrm:P102_has_title: 1600 / 1625, Iran

Subject Item: n2:bdc629e2-925a-5aad-944b-d258edfa577c
rdf:type: rdf:Statement
rdf:predicate: ecrm:P65_shows_visual_item
rdf:object: n7:745
rdf:subject: n6:3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe
prov:wasGeneratedBy: n5:bdc629e2-925a-5aad-944b-d258edfa577c
silk:L18: 0.49599999189376831055

Subject Item: n2:acf5524b-63d5-5d67-b120-bf2967a4ab40
rdf:type: rdf:Statement
rdf:predicate: ecrm:P65_shows_visual_item
rdf:object: n7:743
rdf:subject: n6:3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe
prov:wasGeneratedBy: n5:acf5524b-63d5-5d67-b120-bf2967a4ab40
silk:L18: 0.48230001330375671387

Subject Item: n2:6347874a-5b62-50e5-a862-205d66faa089
rdf:type: rdf:Statement
rdf:predicate: ecrm:P65_shows_visual_item
rdf:object: n7:743
rdf:subject: n6:3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe
prov:wasGeneratedBy: n5:6347874a-5b62-50e5-a862-205d66faa089
silk:L18: 0.45039999485015869141

Subject Item: n2:776c1e9c-3942-5e49-b3ad-1290501738f7
rdf:type: rdf:Statement
rdf:predicate: ecrm:P65_shows_visual_item
rdf:object: n7:743
rdf:subject: n6:3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe
prov:wasGeneratedBy: n5:776c1e9c-3942-5e49-b3ad-1290501738f7
silk:L18: 0.75720000267028808594

Subject Item: n2:e2417738-825c-51a9-9439-853ff50a8484
rdf:type: rdf:Statement
rdf:predicate: ecrm:P65_shows_visual_item
rdf:object: n7:743
rdf:subject: n6:3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe
prov:wasGeneratedBy: n5:e2417738-825c-51a9-9439-853ff50a8484
silk:L18: 0.66210001707077026367

Subject Item: n2:6b4a909b-1eb1-561c-a289-5b2be815e106
rdf:type: rdf:Statement
rdf:predicate: ecrm:P65_shows_visual_item
rdf:object: n7:743
rdf:subject: n6:3f82b0e6-30e1-3d2b-bece-0e77be3785fe
prov:wasGeneratedBy: n5:6b4a909b-1eb1-561c-a289-5b2be815e106
silk:L18: 0.46549999713897705078