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Country of Origin: Turkmenistan
Date of Origin 19th c
Use: Door rug
JBOC Comments:
Description:
Yomud Ensi
West Turkistan, early 19th century, missing
areas of selvage. Approximately 5ft. 6 in. by
4fi. 2 in. (1.68 m. by 1.27 m.)
Warp: Wool, Z2S, medium to deep brown, some
ash
Weft: Wool, Z2, 2 shoots, brown
Pile: Wool, symmetrical knot
Density: 8- 1 0 horizontal, 10- 1 2 vertical
Sides: Incomplete
Ends: Warp fringe
Colors: Tobacco, clove, pale to deep ginger,
carnelian, pecan, cayenne, teal green, pale to
deep lapis, ivory, indigo, black walnut, black
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Lot 135 Sotheby's Fine Oriental Rugs and
Carpets
New York Tuesday 10/24/91
est. $6,000-$8,000
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Some of the Discussion Board Comments about this
Rug:
Jim Allen Commented:
- I've always called Yomud looking weavings with
this type of simple bold border and more
primitive use of space , Ata . This is an old
example of the type. There is as yet no benchmark
to date these weavings. I haven't seen one I
thought predated the middle of the 19th century.
Yon Bard Commented:
- Having two bottom elem panels is quite common on
Yomud (as well as some other) Ensis. See, e.g.,
Jourdan 138, 139, 140, 145, 147, 149, and Tsareva
71, 72, and 73.
- The tree motif in the field quadrants of this
ensi is not common, although it is the field
motif commonly used in ensis that do not have a
quartered field (Jourdan 148, e.g.). The drawing
of the trees in the present ensi looks different
from the normal. Whether this indicates archaic
usage, modern innovation, a maverick weaver, or
attribution to a hitherto unknown sub-tribe, I
leave to real experts to decide.
- If you look at the illustrations that I mentioned
in Jourdan you'll see that each leaf has four or
more serrations, or in rare cases three and a
half. On the present piece, there are only two or
two and a half serrations per leaf.
Daniel DSD
- One Yomut Ensi with
Yomut firs motif in the four panels has been sold
by Nagel (Stuttgart), 14 November 1997 lot 223
and is discussed in Hali 97 page 140. They also
noticed this unusual feature.
- A better colored picture of the same rug can be
seen in Hali 98 page 146 plate 14.
Oriental Rugs the O'Connell Guide
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