mid 19th century, 79 x 116 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan

A Salor chuval with a thick pile finely woven in the asymmetrical knot open to the right. The field design consists of nine large, comparatively flat sary primary güls and smaller octagonal chuval secondary güls. The yarn used in the ruby sections of the güls is dyed with lac and thus heavily corroded. The main border shows kochanak hook forms and pairs of halved diamonds. The elem contains small flowering plants in an offset arrangement. At the upper end, a plain red horizontal stripe has been inserted between the border and the additional border finish. – Cut and reduced at both sides, replaced selvedges. Otherwise very well preserved, no back.