Tufted yellow flower carpet

[tufted yellow flower carpet]

tufted yellow flower carpet, woven in Xinjiang in the late Qing Dynasty. It is 321 cm long and 151 cm wide. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The warp and weft thread of this blanket is made of cotton, and two small strands are twisted into one strand, both of which are “Z” twist direction. The fleece is tied with “8” shaped buckles with colored wool thread, and one color weft is started every two weft threads, and 84 color weft starts every 30.5cm. Use blue, purple, green, brown, yellow, white, orange and other colored wool to weave three carpet edges, respectively decorated with cloud pattern, flower pattern and pomegranate pattern. The blanket core presents three moon flowers on the blue ground, filled with scattered flowers and geometric figures, and bottled flowers as auxiliary patterns. Uighurs call the moon flower Aiguri, which symbolizes luck and auspiciousness in Islamic art. This pattern was common on Xinjiang blankets in the late Qing Dynasty
This carpet has gorgeous colors and beautiful patterns, but the pattern is too rich and beautiful due to the use of chemical pigments to dye the wool