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Early Salor Chuval
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126 x 66 cm (4' 2" x 2' 2")
Turkmenistan, early 19th century
Condition: according to age, incomplete all around, low pile in places, corroded purple silk, some missing parts backed with fabric, scattered small repairs
Published: "Gewebt und geknüpft V, die Pracht der Saloren", Georg Butterweck, 2013, plate 30
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool and silk
This fragment is very similar to plate 12 in Rageth's book "Turkmen Carpets: A New Perspective", which is dated to the 17th or 18th century. Both examples have the secondary 'sagdag' gül of boxed flowers, with cochineal silk used to fill the four empty rectangles in its centre and parts of the stars.
The contrast between the magenta silk, the light and dark blue, and the white wool provides a wonderful compositional contrast within the main Salor güls.
These iconic güls, the only ones to be explicitly described as Salor, are rarely better expressed than in this fragment, notably in the range of colours used but also the small white buds placed on the vertical and horizontal hooks on the outside of the güls, and the space afforded to the hooked cross element within the ground of each gül.
It is worth noting that the dye research carried out on plate 12 by Rageth showed that the subtle variations in the red were achieved by using madder and insect dye lac in different combinations and densities, characteristics that help to emphasise the skill and resources invested in these prestigious weavings.
Estimate: € 8000 - 12000
Turkmenistan, early 19th century
Condition: according to age, incomplete all around, low pile in places, corroded purple silk, some missing parts backed with fabric, scattered small repairs
Published: "Gewebt und geknüpft V, die Pracht der Saloren", Georg Butterweck, 2013, plate 30
Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool and silk
This fragment is very similar to plate 12 in Rageth's book "Turkmen Carpets: A New Perspective", which is dated to the 17th or 18th century. Both examples have the secondary 'sagdag' gül of boxed flowers, with cochineal silk used to fill the four empty rectangles in its centre and parts of the stars.
The contrast between the magenta silk, the light and dark blue, and the white wool provides a wonderful compositional contrast within the main Salor güls.
These iconic güls, the only ones to be explicitly described as Salor, are rarely better expressed than in this fragment, notably in the range of colours used but also the small white buds placed on the vertical and horizontal hooks on the outside of the güls, and the space afforded to the hooked cross element within the ground of each gül.
It is worth noting that the dye research carried out on plate 12 by Rageth showed that the subtle variations in the red were achieved by using madder and insect dye lac in different combinations and densities, characteristics that help to emphasise the skill and resources invested in these prestigious weavings.
Estimate: € 8000 - 12000