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Yomut Ensi: The Wiedersperg Yomut Ensi

BETWEEN THE BLACK DESERT AND THE RED
Michael Rothberg
Exhibition Review, 17 August 2000

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"Yomut Ensi
19th century
1.22 x 1.47m (4ft x 4ft 10in)
Warp: wool, ivory to brown, Z2S
Weft: wool, ivory to brown, Z2S; 2 shoots
Pile: wool 2Z
Knot: symmetrical;
9 H x 14 V per in = 126 per sq.in
Colours: red brown, peach, dark blue, light blue, blue green, ivory, dark brown, dull yellow
No original selvedges or end finishes.

A Yomut ensi on the other hand, had fantastic colour. The weaver of this small rug just
dazzles us with her sense of colour, making this one of the most appealing examples of this
type known. Another fine and similarly coloured ensi, formerly in the A. DeCredico Collection,
was exhibited at The Eighth International Conference on Oriental Carpets (ICOC) in Philadelphia
(Oriental Rugs from Atlantic Collections, Philadelphia 1996, pl.196). But, in general, Yomut
ensis are a rather dreary lot." http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles3q00/exh_rothberg_wiedersperg_0800.html

Warps: natural wool 2 strands

Wefts: natural wool 2 strands 2 shots.

Pile wool 2 strands

Knot: symetrical h9 x v14 126 kpsi.

Selvage and ends not original.

This ensi was published as plate 215 in Oriental Rugs A Complete Guide. I draw these structural notes from the description on page 237.

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Thanks and best wishes,

J. Barry O'Connell Jr.