Tekke "Chyrpy" Fragment

Description:

Tekke "Chyrpy" Fragment, West Turkestan, 19th century, with a staggered pattern of stylized silk embroidered tulips in red-brown, magenta, and shades of blue with ivory highlights on a gold silk ground, 2 ft. 10 in. x 1 ft. 2 in.

Provenance: From the Gillian Richardson Collection; proceeds to benefit the New England Rug Society.
Estimate $400-500

very minor soiling and embroidery loss, very small hole near the top


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