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Salor Rugs: C. 19th Salor Kapunuk

JBOC Attribution: Oriental Rugs > Turkmen Rugs > Salor Rugs

New York Fine Oriental and European Carpets Sale, NY7577, lot 70


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A Salor Kapunuk, Central Turkestan, 19th century

New York 25,000—35,000 USD Session 1, 15 Dec 00 10:15 AM

Lot Sold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: 27,200 USD

A Salor Kapunuk, Central Turkestan, 19th century crimson silk, original tasseled end finishes, losses to end in horizontal panel, repaired slits, moth damage, stains, small reweave in one vertical panel, remnants of original selvages overcast on all sides, approximately 4ft. 2in. by 4ft. 3in. (1.27 by 1.29m.)

Warp: wool, Z2S, natural ivory and brown

Weft: wool, Z, 2 shoots, natural brown, very depressed

Pile: wool and silk, asymmetric knot, open to the left Density: 13-14 horizontal, 18-19 vertical Sides: 4 warps wrapped in dark blue wool, most not original

Ends: central areas: not original; arms: 3/4 inch red kilim then 9 inch tassels comprised of 3 bunches of 2 warps twisted together and all wrapped in bands of red, magenta and blue wool and metallic thread

Colors: wool: ivory, madder red, rose red, deep blue, medium blue, walnut; silk: crimson

DESCRIPTION
DESC- A Salor Kapunuk, Central Turkestan, 19th century crimson silk, original tasseled end finishes, losses to end in horizontal panel, repaired slits, moth damage, stains, small reweave in one vertical panel, remnants of original selvages overcast on all sides, approximately 4ft. 2in. by 4ft. 3in. (1.27 by 1.29m.)

Warp: wool, Z2S, natural ivory and brown
Weft: wool, Z, 2 shoots, natural brown, very depressed
Pile: wool and silk, asymmetric knot, open to the left
Density: 13-14 horizontal, 18-19 vertical Sides: 4 warps wrapped in dark blue wool, most not original
Ends: central areas: not original; arms: 3/4 inch red kilim then 9 inch tassels comprised of 3 bunches of 2 warps twisted together and all wrapped in bands of red, magenta and blue wool and metallic thread
Colors: wool: ivory, madder red, rose red, deep blue, medium blue, walnut; silk: crimson

Salor door surrounds (kapunuk) are very rare with only four other known published examples: Andrews, P.A., et al., Wie Blumen in der Wuste, Hamburg, 1993, pl. 99 and Schurmann, Ulrich, Central-Asian Rugs, Frankfurt am Main, 1969, pl. 27; Eberhart Herrmann, Asiatische Teppich-und Textilkunst, band II, Munich, 1990, pl. 58; one in the Museum of Ethnography, Leningrad, see Tzareva, Elena, Rugs and Carpets from Central Asia, Leningrad, 1984, pl. 4; and one in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see Mackie, Louise W. and Dr. Jon Thompson, Turkmen, Washington, D.C., 1980, pl. 15. All five of these have the same basic design, colors and use of silk, with the structure varying only in whether the knots are open to the right (Metropolitan Museum and Herrmann examples) or the left (Leningrad, Andrews et al., and present lot.) The dense weave, saturated color and crisp drawing of this hanging are characteristics of Salor workmanship that earn them a revered status among Turkmen tribal weavings.