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Acquired by George Hewitt Myers in 1912 392 x 150.5 cm |
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In this carpet the field pattern plays with the visual illusion of a third dimension, suggesting tumbling blocks in either direction. The playful effect derives from the ambiguities inherent in this pattern, which is based upon translation in an implied hexagonal grid. Each hexagon is divided into three parallelograms of different colors with stepped outlines. The border patterns also play with color and pattern. This type of Central Asian carpet has been classified as Ersari or Beshir in the past. With the breakup of the Soviet Union and the establishment of five Turkish republics, new information is becoming available. It is possible that carpets with this design and weave structure were woven not in Turkmenistan or Uzbekistan as previously thought, but farther to the east in Kazakhstan. |
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