Description
TURKMEN
Important Yomoud Bukhara carpet
Wool pile on a wool backing.
Garnet-coloured field decorated with a mosaic of scalloped guhls surrounded by hooks and stylised diamond shapes in ivory and brick red.
Wide border decorated with rows of geometrically stylised crabs and tarantulas, with claws ending in ram’s horns.
Circa 1880
330 x 211 cm
Fairly good overall condition
Bibliography: Jean Louis Dauba (Turkmen Carpets), Edwin Gans Ruedin, *Turkmen Carpets* by Elena Tsareva, *Turkmen Carpets*, the Neuville Kingston Collection.
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