Did you ever see the pictures of the young Turkmen
bride wearing a large amount of silver jewelry. In her society that is
how wealth is stored. Think about it if you do not have access to banks
then wearing your wealth is an idea. That wealth is the reserve against
bad times. In case you do not read the paper bad times have come and
many women sold off their treasures to feed their families but even for
a good purpose it hurts to sell the treasures passed down from
generation to generation. In this rug we see where a Turkmen woman has
woven her treasures into the rug. The design is a new design but the
treasures are Turkmen jewelry whose designs go back through the
generations.
New Turkmen Rug. Pakistan, 20th century. 4 foot
10 inch by 3 foot 3 inch.
Structure: Asymmetrical knot open left. 9 knots
per horizontal inch and 8 knots per vertical inch. 72 per square inch
(1116 per square decimeter).
Yarn Spin: Z.
Warp: White cotton.
Weft: 2 shots Cotton, gray.
Pile: 2 Wool singles.
Ends: 1 inch warp faced plain weave, warp fringe.
Selvages: plain selvage wrapped in blue wool.
Further Notes: New rug, No holes, tears, rips or
low spots.
This is a terrible picture
but use it for pattern and see the above scan for color.
Bright glistening wool,
great color. The rug was sold to me as vegetal dye and it has that veg
dye look.
