Beshir Main Carpet

Description:

Beshir Main Carpet, West Turkestan, late 19th century, the vivid red field with an allover highly stylized and geometric herati design in brown, ivory, blue-green, and gold, the main border comprised of boldly drawn palmettes, multiple stepped triangle minor borders, 19 ft. x 10 ft.

Literature: For a variation on the main border design please see Turkoman Tribal Rugs, Werner Loges, 1980, plate 86, p. 146.
Estimate $1,200-1,500

several crude repairs, crease wear, small areas of residue, reovercast


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