Antique Art Deco Samarkand Rug
N°
00521
Period
Circa 1920
Origin
East Turkestan
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
203 x 134 cm6'7" x 4'4"
This beautiful antique Art Deco Samarkand rug was woven when rugs of this type were commissioned by the nobility and high-ranking officers inhabiting the Tarim Basin in eastern Turkestan. This basin is the heartland of the oasis of Khotan, Yarkand, and Kashgar. The rugs of these oases have a long-standing tradition and have been collected and cherished in the West with the traditional, old-fashioned term of Samarkand.
Here, we see a geometric pattern borrowed from the iconography of antique Persian rugs, which were regarded as luxury items by the nobility of the Sinkiang region. The rich palette is typical of the period. Rugs such as this one were often used on the wall as tapestries, as they were considered objects of great prestige.