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The Craycraft
and Arabesque Amu Darya Torba fragment
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Seen on www.Cloudband.com
Michael Craycraft and Arabesque
Breitscheidstrasse 98 Stuttgart, 70176, Germany
Telephone +49 (0)711 63 47 34 Fax +49 (0)711 64 04 578
Email Arabesque.Montigel@t-online.de
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Galerie Arabesque and Michael Craycraft
Amu Darya Torba fragment PRICE $ 850.00 (USD)
dragon (embryo?) substrate
what do you make of this, Fred?
Size: 131cm(H) / 4'4"(H)
Region: Central Asia ? Turkmen ? Saryk
Item Type: Rugs and Carpets ? Bags and Trappings ? Torba
Period / Date: 19th century ? third quarter (1850 - 1874)
Materials: wool, goat, and camel
Structure / Technique: pile, asymmetric knot open right,
depressed warp
Comments On Condition: pile is good, no holes, some
folded and sewn kelim end remains
Full Description: An incredible wealth of iconography
packed into a small space without crowding, diminishing
scale, or horror vacuii. This is achieved through a
minimum of three substrates and masterful ground figure
patterning. Take a moment to study it, the rewards are
worth the effort.
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Thanks and best wishes,
J. Barry O'Connell Jr.