Ersari Chuval, Turkmenistan 1st half 19th century, 2ft. 6in. x 3ft. 11in. 76 x 119 cm
Condition: pile is low but even, color is excellent, there is loss some loss at the top and the side borders are missing, some small holes and small repairs
Provenance: Middle Amu Darya, Turkmenistan
Age: First Half of the 19th Century
Size: 02’ 06†x 03’ 11â€
Knot type: Asymmetrical, open right, wool, 2 ply. Woven hor: sq. inch: 08 80 vert: 10 upside down
Warp: Goat hair?, ivory and brown mixed, natural, z2s. No warp depression.
Weft: Wool. light golden tan, lightly z spun. Two shoots, alternating.
Sides: Original not extant
Ends: Original not extant
Colors: (7) Medium red, dark blue, light blue, medium blue green, yellow, ivory, brown
Design: On a red field are eight complete diamond shaped guls in an offset design. The interior field color of the guls is blue, some of the guls are quartered in two shades of blue. There is a red diamond at the center of each gul, outlined in blue with a cruciform device at it’s center. At each of the four points of the diamond is a cross, at each of the three unattached arms of cross is an ashik device. The guls are outlined in ivory and in the interiors there are yellow, ivory and blue highlights. There is a lattice design between the guls done in dark blue, brown with yellow highlights. There are partial guls at the top, bottom and left side. at the right side are three large partial diamond guls that seem to be connected. Their interiors are filled with various cruciform and ashik devices. This is a very unusual feature, to have a asymmetrical main field design. At the top and bottom is a very simple main border consisting of a arrow type design. At either side is a simple line of small colored boxes. The borders are missing at the sides. The red lower elem contains a row of large boxes, quartered in blues and browns. In the interior of each box is a large red star outlined in yellow with a hook on each point. There are also little red boxes surrounding each star.
Condition: Pile is low but even, color is excellent. There is loss some loss at the top and the side borders are missing. Some small holes and small repairs.

Condition: pile is low but even, color is excellent, there is loss some loss at the top and the side borders are missing, some small holes and small repairs