Description Salor torba, Turkmenistan, circa 1800. Robert Pinner wrote, "Only a few torbas are known with this design which has the serene elegance we have learned to expect from thea?|Salor." The primary elements are repeated octagons spaciously arrayed on a brilliant red ground interspersed with secondary ornaments that are occasionally seen in the centers of some Salor medallions. As an independent motif, however, Pinner notes that it is rare. Exhibited and Published: Dodds and Eiland, Jr., eds.; ORIENTAL RUGS FROM ATLANTIC COLLECTIONS, p. 187, fig. 217, ICOC, Philadelphia, 1996. Exhibited: "Masterpieces of Turkmen Weaving," Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2003. Exhibited: Corcoran Gallery, "Rugs from Private Collections," 15th ICOC, The Textile Museum, Washington, DC, 2017. Size: Salor Torba, Turkmenistan18th C., 3'4'' x 1'7'' (102 x 48 cm). Weight: 3 lbs. Warp: ivory wool, alternate warps very depressed. Weft. brown wool, two w shoots. Pile: wool, silk; asymmetrical knot open on left; 10.5 horiz x 20 vert. per in. (41 x 79 per dm.).
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