A Saryk Juval, Turkestan

silk highlights

Low overall pile, 0.5mm generally, and areas down to foundation. There is a section across the top border where the pile is down to the foundation, and this is clearly visible as the warp are showing in shaped areas (as visible in the photograph). There is a small patch (approximately 5 by 1cm.) in the bottom left hand corner of the border, as visible in the photograph. There is another patch half way along the lower edge of the rug (approximately 6 by 4.5cm). . Fringes at both ends overlocked, and the top edge with particularly irregular edge and some loss along the left hand section. Reovercast sidecords with some loose sections.
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For a comparable example see R. Pinner & M. Eiland Jr, Between the Black Desert and the Red, Turkmen Carpets from the Wiedersperg Collection, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Exhibition Catalogue, 18th December 1999 - 25th June 2000, pg. 31, plate 8.