Ersari rug. Same question. How old

[Steve Price Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Steve Price]

Hi please can u tell me how much.
and your location.

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Steve Price

[Mikko Saikku Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mikko Saikku]

Dear all,

I visited the University of Helsinki Slavonic Library last week to check out Bogolubow's classic Tapisseries d'Asie centrale (1908). Interestingly, Plate IV shows a definitely pre-revolution (called "old" in 1900) Tekke dowry rug from Merv with those little motifs at the kilim end:



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Best,

Mikko Saikku

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Thank you Chuck. I believe that such long kilim ends belong to Turkemen - not Afgan - rugs only. I also heard that combination of such yellow + 2 tone blue suggerst a bit earlier piece.

Yes, but as Chuck said the Turkomans ĺive on both side of the nthrn border, so thr monicur 'afghan' should not be construed to mean an "afghan rug " (copy), but a rug made in ntrn afghan8stan by turkomen weavers.