Talish Carpet

Folded, stitched strips of purple, red, azure, white, taupe, pink, and golden brown silk

Book of swatches mounted on paper (56 sheets)

Compound-weave silk with patterning in supplementary wefts; selected motifs embroidered with gold and polychrome silk threads

Wool pile

Wool pile

Black horse hair

Warps: 2 S plied Z spun hard white undyed wool; one level. Weft: 1 Z spun brown undyed wool; 2 yarns per shoot. Pile: 2 S plied Z spun wool; small amount of silk. Pile colors: dark red, light red, dark, medium and light blue, bright yellow, small amounts of white and undyed brown. Magenta is silk. Knots: asymmetrical, open to the right. Knots per vertical decimeter: 100. Knots per horizontal decimeter: 47. Selvedges: both replaced, hand serged. Top end: 1/2 cm blue and 1/2 cm white tapestry weave, folded under and sewn in bright red. Bottom end: 1/2 cm red tapestry weave.

Yellow silk with selvedges intact; the basic fabric in tabby weave, the decorative medallions in damask weave