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Lot Essay
Warp: cotton, ecru, natural, Z4S
Weft: cotton, ecru, natural, Z2, some Z3
Pile: wool, Z2, asymmetric open right, no warp depression, H5 x V5, some knot pull varies, some tight, some loose and bulging
Sides: 1 bundle of 2 body warps wrapped in red pile wool
Ends: top: 1 inch loose balanced plainweave, 3 x Z2 wefted in cotton; bottom: 1/2 inch as above, but Z2 wefted, warp loops
Colors: red, dark, medium and light blue, ivory, blue-green
For a similar example please see Herrmann, Eberhart, Seltene Orientteppiche III, plate 72.
Weft: cotton, ecru, natural, Z2, some Z3
Pile: wool, Z2, asymmetric open right, no warp depression, H5 x V5, some knot pull varies, some tight, some loose and bulging
Sides: 1 bundle of 2 body warps wrapped in red pile wool
Ends: top: 1 inch loose balanced plainweave, 3 x Z2 wefted in cotton; bottom: 1/2 inch as above, but Z2 wefted, warp loops
Colors: red, dark, medium and light blue, ivory, blue-green
For a similar example please see Herrmann, Eberhart, Seltene Orientteppiche III, plate 72.