JBOC Attribution: Oriental Rugs > Turkmen Rugs > Salor Rugs
Salor Wedding Trapping,Central Turkestan first quarter nineteenth century. Warp: wool, Z2S, alternate warps moderately to strongly depressed, ivory. Weft: wool, two shoots, Z2S brown. Pile: wool asymmetrical knot open to the left. Density: 15-17H, 20-23V. Sides: not original. Ends: incomplete warp fringe. Size: Approximately 9 ft. 5 in. by 7 ft. 2 in. (2.87 m. by 2.18m.). Colors: mahogany, light and dark crimson, fuchsia, terracotta red, light and dark rust, deep teal, ivory, indigo, azure,
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