Description Tekke (?) torba, 12-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. A refined weaving with elegant style and spacious composition. The twelve guls are beautifully drawn, well-proportioned and tall giving the entire piece a "lift" which is noble and compelling, even missing the upper edge. The box-flower border displays an additional level of subtle detail rarely seen with the four branching leaves, rather than just two. Exhibited and Published: Dodds and Eiland, Jr., eds.; ORIENTAL RUGS FROM ATLANTIC COLLECTIONS, p. 190, fig. 223, ICOC, Philadelphia, 1996. Size: 3'7'' x 1'6'' (109 x 46 cm). Weight: 2 lbs. Warp: ivory wool, alternate warps level to very slightly depressed. Weft: brown, two shoots. Pile: wool; asymmetrical knot open on right; 12 horiz. x 19 vert. per in. (47 x 75 per dm.)
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