Turkmen Main Carpet
Unknown Artist
1870s
Medium
Wool, silk; 171 symmetrical (Turkish) knots per square inch
Dimensions
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Classification
Carpet
Department
Textiles
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Arlene C. Cooper
Accession Number
2006.201
About this artwork
Traditionally woven by women and girls, carpets are identified by fiber content, color, weave, and especially the type of rug knot-diagnostic features that are more reliable than designs. This rare carpet is admired for its brilliant color, lustrous wool, and spacious drawing. The main gul, or lobed motif, with three distinctive clover-leaf devices in each quadrant was a hallmark of the esteemed Salor tribe and often copied by other Turkmen tribes. The minor gul and the main border design were a...