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Lot Essay
Warp: wool, ivory, natural, Z2S
Weft: wool, brown, natural, Z2S, 2 shoots alternating
Pile: wool, Z2, some Z3, or cotton, white, Z or Z2, symmetric pulled left, 0-45 degree warp depression, H12 x V24, made inverted
Sides: left: not original; right: 2 bundles of 2 body warps wrapped in rust pile wool, irregular turkmen edge knots
Ends: top: 2 inch plainweave, line of crimson, Z2 wool, 2/1 soumack wrapping; then 7/8 inch red brown weft-faced Z2 wool; then balanced ivory Z2 wool. bottom: not original
Colors: rust, white cotton (eroded), maroon, burnt apricot (eroded), dark brown, navy, crimson
For a similar example with a comparable dancing girl elem, please refer to Werner Loges, Turkoman Tribal Rugs, 1980, pp.62-3, fig. 32.
Weft: wool, brown, natural, Z2S, 2 shoots alternating
Pile: wool, Z2, some Z3, or cotton, white, Z or Z2, symmetric pulled left, 0-45 degree warp depression, H12 x V24, made inverted
Sides: left: not original; right: 2 bundles of 2 body warps wrapped in rust pile wool, irregular turkmen edge knots
Ends: top: 2 inch plainweave, line of crimson, Z2 wool, 2/1 soumack wrapping; then 7/8 inch red brown weft-faced Z2 wool; then balanced ivory Z2 wool. bottom: not original
Colors: rust, white cotton (eroded), maroon, burnt apricot (eroded), dark brown, navy, crimson
For a similar example with a comparable dancing girl elem, please refer to Werner Loges, Turkoman Tribal Rugs, 1980, pp.62-3, fig. 32.