Soumak

An ivory ground is divided into three horizontal registers by plain brown bands: the upper and lower sections carry an open brown diamond lattice, while the wide central field is scattered with small angular symbols resembling ladders, arrows, and stick-like glyphs in brown, with occasional accents of blue, green, and orange scattered irregularly among them. The scale of the diamonds shifts slightly between the top and bottom registers, and the motifs in the center are spaced unevenly rather than in a strict repeat. Loose warp fringe finishes the lower edge.

The field is organized into vertical bands of gray, yellow, coral, and cream, each filled with small-scale zigzags, chevrons, and diamond lattices worked in contrasting tones. Narrow guard stripes with a stepped cross motif frame the composition at top and bottom, while the sides are left plain and finished in long, loosely twisted fringe. The palette throughout is muted—ochre yellow, faded coral-orange, ivory, and warm gray—giving the striped format a soft, worn brightness.

100% Wool

The surface presents an undyed field of thick, irregularly spun tufts in mingled tones of oatmeal, pale gray, and taupe, with occasional darker charcoal flecks scattered throughout. No border or repeating pattern is visible; the texture itself, formed by densely packed rounded knots, becomes the sole visual interest. A close-up inset in the lower right highlights the nubby, pebble-like quality of the construction.

100% Wool - Khaki Cotton Warp

Maximum Width: 5.75 m (18'10")

Undyed Wool

Beige with Pronounced Chevron Design in Camel Color

Undyed Wool

Chevron Design

The field is filled with a continuous stacked chevron pattern rendered in alternating bands of soft caramel-brown and pale ivory, the zigzags running the full length of the piece in tight, even rows. A wide plain border in undyed cream tones frames the field on all sides, its surface left smooth and unpatterned in contrast to the busy chevrons within. The detail inset shows the crisp texture of the pile up close, with the natural color variation between the brown and ivory strands clearly visible.

Undyed Wool

Beige/gray field with chevron design

Undyed Wool

A wide plain camel-toned border frames a long central field composed of horizontal bands in mottled taupe, gray, and soft brown tones, each row built up in a fine speckled texture. The banding reads almost like handwriting across the length of the runner, with subtle shifts in tone from row to row rather than a repeating pictorial motif. The detail view shows the surface up close, revealing an irregular flecked mixture of light and dark fibers rather than a smooth, uniform color.

Undyed Wool

The narrow field is filled edge to edge with a continuous herringbone chevron pattern, its diagonal bands alternating between pale ivory and warm tan tones. A plain border of the same tan hue frames the field along both long sides, echoing the color of the darker chevron rows. The detail view shows the texture of the pattern more closely, with slightly irregular, hand-formed lines forming the repeating arrow shapes across the surface.

Undyed Wool

Camel field, grey zig-zag pattern