The Langauer Salor Turkmen Main Carpet

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Salor Turkmen Main Carpet
Central Asia
19th Century
Langauer Textile Art, Vienna


"The only Salor main carpet at the Fair was this distinguished example. It was acquired eighty years before in Tehran, which was at that time a market centre used for Turkmen carpets that started their westward migrations from the Amu Darya region in eastern Turkmenistan. Its classical design is perfectly executed with large main güls and the small secondary güls found on all but one of the Salor carpets generally known."

From: http://www.cloudband.com/frames.mhtml/magazine/articles2q02/mark_pinner_turkhalifair_0602.html

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