Object Description
A beautiful pale Vintage Samarkand carpet finely woven with a cotton foundation, using the most muted of dyes, a delicate pale blue background with many varying shades of blues and greys, off stone whites, and faded sandy tones with hues of green. With a very fine and intricate weave and connecting pattern of flowers, pomegranates and elements of ancient floral designs. Woven in the late 90’s to early 00’s this carpet does have some age, and is in excellent original order. A really exquisite and enormous vintage Samarkand carpet which would suit a variety of rooms, from a bedroom to drawing room, entrance hall or dining room, the colours are so beautiful it would be easy to place in an existing decorated room, or build a scheme around.
Samarkand was once the gateway to China. As one of the principal cities of the silk route and the main commercial artery of Asia. It thus became the Western outlet for woven carpets, known to dealers in the trade as East Turkestan. The main weaving centres were Khotan and Yarkand; their carpets were known simply as Samarkands. There is no obvious connection between Samarkand rugs of Khotan and Yarkand, designs varied with Moon Gul motifs, vases and pomegranates used in the main field of the design.
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