Vintage Turkish Anatolian Tribal Room Size Carpet
No. 31218
Turkey, Mid-20th Century
7 ft. 9 in. x 11 ft. 4 in.
(2.34 x 3.43 m)
A wool pile of symmetric knots on a wool foundation. The charcoal brown field shows two hooked and connected hexagons in abrashed red and sand, both with nested rectangular sub-ornaments. Secondary field elements include: quartered and hooked lozenges, upright flowers and a human male figure. Abrashed coral border with pinwheel rosettes, octagons, diamonds and other geometric elements. An eastern Anatolian Yuruk nomadic design influence is evident.
