POSSIBLY ALI ELI, MIDDLE AMU DARYA, TURKMENISTAN, MID 19TH CENTURY

Details

A 'LEBAB' TURKMEN, TENT BAG (MAFRASH) FRONT PANEL
POSSIBLY ALI ELI, MIDDLE AMU DARYA, TURKMENISTAN, MID 19TH CENTURY
Slight wear, bites out of edges
2ft.8in. x 1ft.3in. (80cm. x 38cm.)

Literature

David M. Reuben, Gols and Guls, Turkmen Carpets from the 18th and 19th centuries, London, 1998, no. 51.

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Lot Essay

For related mafrash please see: Uwe Jourdan, Oriental Rugs, Volume 5, Turkman, Woodbridge, 1989, no. 264, with a similar chob bash gul, also Jack Cassin and Peter Hoffmeister, Tent Band, Tent Bag, Classic Turkmen Weaving, Pt. Reyes, Ca., 1988, no. 30

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