Description A noble landmark of Salor tribal prestige among all Turkmen weavers, this chuval ranks high among similar rare pieces in private collections. The kochanak border surrounds a spaciously composed field of large archetypal chuval guls of generous height interspersed with smaller octagonal guls which disappear beneath the upper and lower borders. Note the small gap between the small octagonal guls and the top and bottom border -- a feature that often indicates an early date. This is a tradition similarly found in early Ottoman carpets. Along the elem at the bottom is a row of spare elegant trees, each topped by a kochak rams-horn device. Exhibited and Published: Dodds and Eiland, Jr., eds.; ORIENTAL RUGS FROM ATLANTIC COLLECTIONS, p. 178, fig. 201, ICOC, Philadelphia, 1996. Also in this publication, please see another Salor chuval exhibited at ICOC and, dated to the 18th century, from the Bogolubov Collection, Museum of Ethnography, St. Petersburg, Russia. Exhibited: "Masterpieces of Turkmen Weaving," Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2003. Exhibited: The Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC, 14th ICOC, The Textile Museum, 2018. Size: 4'6'' x 2'10'' (137 x 86 cm). Weight: 6 lbs. Lot 56. Warp: ivory wool, alternate warps very depressed. Weft: brown wool, 2 shoots. Pile: wool, silk asymmetrical knots open to the left, 14 horiz, 19 vert. Per in. (55 x 75 per dm.). Finish: selvage, 3 cords of 1 warp, all combined and overcast with blue wool. Ends: red-faced plain weave.
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