Mina cushions The subtle browns

The subtle browns

The dense detailing does not detract from the overall soft and pretty impression

A beautiful antique 1920s Kurdish runner from north west Persia

An antique 1920s Ersari Turkmen pardah from north east Afghanistan

all over hook-shaped motifs in reds

Mina cushions The subtle brownsA lovely early twentieth century Yomut Turkmen ensi, a genuine tribal piece originally woven as a tent door hanging. The rectangular panels are filled with pekvesh motifs and each within an ivory border of 'x' motifs repeated in main outer border; a band of Yomut eagle motifs in each narrow elem. We have done substantial restoration to this special piece, reweaving the blue selvedges, patching and darning the small holes and tidying up the ends which