Antique Kirghiz Felt
N°
00382
Period
Circa 1900
Origin
Central Asia, West Turkestan
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
261 cm x 152 cm8'6" x 4'11"
Felts are among the first woolen structures made by mankind. Some of the earliest we know date from the 5th century B.C. and were found under ground in the frozen kurgans of Siberia. The complex zoomorphic motifs which decorate them have remained untouched until the present.