SOUTHEAST TURKMENISTAN, THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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AN ERSARI BRIDAL TRAPPING
Southeast Turkmenistan, Third Quarter 19th Century
with white cotton and silk highlights
Approximately 5 ft. 8 in. x 2 ft. (173 x 61 cm.)
Lot Essay
A strikingly similar example can be found in E. Herrmann, Seltene Orientteppiche V,, Munich, 1983, p. 174, pl. 84B and another in A. B. Thacher, Turkoman Rugs, London, 1977, pl. 44.