Salor Main Carpet
The largest carpets created by Turkmen nomadic weavers, known as "main" carpets, were used on the floors of Turkmen tent dwellings. They usually employed a series of small repeating medallions, known as gul, that varied in form according to the tribe of the weaver. Rare and of unusual beauty, and often incorporating a small amount of magenta silk pile in their designs, Salor main carpets such as this appear to be the archetypes from which other Turkmen tribes derived their own characteristic main carpets.
Artwork Details
- Title: Salor Main Carpet
- Date: late 18th–early 19th century
- Geography: Attributed to Sothern Turkmenistan, Central Asia
- Medium: Wool (warp, weft, and pile), silk; asymmetrically knotted pile
- Dimensions: Rug: H. 127 1/4 in. (323.2 cm)
W. 97 3/4 in. (248.3 cm) - Classification: Textiles-Rugs
- Credit Line: Bequest of Joseph V. McMullan, 1973
- Object Number: 1974.149.46
- Curatorial Department: Islamic Art
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second half 16th century
16th century
late 16th–early 17th century
probably first half 16th century
ca. 1650
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