Vintage Kirghiz Felt

00399
Period
Circa 1930
Origin
Central Asia, West Turkestan
Materials
Wool
Status
Available
Size
344 cm x 192
11'3" x 6'3"

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.

 

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