Vintage Central Asian Felt
N°
00398
Period
Circa 1930
Origin
Central Asia, West Turkestan
Materials
Wool
Status
Sold
Size
320 cm x 163 cm10'6" x 5'4"
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 Central Asia. The zoomorphic motifs which decorate them have remain untouched until the present.