Fine Antique Central Asian Flat-Weave Rug

01558
Period
Circa 1900
Origin
Uzbekistan
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
360 x 190 cm
11'9" x 6'2"

A very rare and unusual flat-weave, extremely finely woven with silky wool, decorated by an asymmetrical array of horizontal stripes on a rich red background, save for the lower third of the field which is in ivory.
A textile imbued with a strong sense of Modernism, anticipating as it were the European avant-garde movements such as the Bauhaus.

 

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