Description Tekke Germech, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. Of exceptionally fine weave and high-quality materials, this rare trapping displays a pattern of curled, serrated leaf forms more often seen on the door surround, or kapunuk, which was traditionally placed as a woven "arch" above the yurt opening. Exhibited and Published: Dodds and Eiland, Jr., eds.; ORIENTAL RUGS FROM ATLANTIC COLLECTIONS, p. 204, fig. 246, ICOC, Philadelphia, 1996. Size: 2'10'' x 1'4'' (86 x 41 cm). Weight: 2 lbs. Warp: ivory wool, alternate warps level to very slightly depressed. Weft: brown wool, mostly one shoot, some two shoots. Pile: wool; asymmetrical knot open on right; 12 horiz. x 22 vert. per in. (47 x 87 per dm.).
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