Soumak

Undyed Wool

The field is arranged as a grid of small rectangular compartments set against a heathered grey ground, each cell filled with a different pattern of solid color, checkerboard grids, or small floral motifs in ivory, rust, teal, mustard, and deep brown. A plain sandy-toned border with faint striations frames the composition, contrasting with the more densely patterned central grid. The overall effect is quiet and modular, with each compartment reading as its own miniature design.

Undyed Wool

The field is left entirely open, a plain expanse of warm tan ground with subtle horizontal striations of lighter and darker fibers running its length. A narrow ivory band frames the field before giving way to a wider outer border filled with a continuous chevron, or zigzag, pattern rendered in soft tan against the ivory ground. The corners of the chevron border meet cleanly, maintaining an unbroken rhythm around all four sides.

An open field in a warm terracotta tone is overlaid with a plaid-like grid of intersecting lines in ivory, dark brown, and muted olive-green, drawn slightly irregularly by hand rather than mechanically ruled. The composition has no separate border, allowing the grid to run to the edges of the field, with each line varying subtly in thickness and spacing as it crosses the surface.

The field is organized as a grid of squares in varying tones of tan, camel, and beige, some panels darker or lighter than their neighbors, creating a loose checkerboard rhythm across the surface. Thin lines in cream and dark brown run horizontally and vertically to define each cell, with the cream bands slightly wider and more irregular in their handling. There is no border framing the composition; the grid extends edge to edge, leaving the field open and continuous.

The field is organized in wide, undyed brown bands interrupted by narrower decorative stripes of ivory, rust, and ochre worked with zigzag lines, small triangles, and dense diamond lattices. Scattered small emblematic figures, faint arrow-like or bird-like marks, appear isolated within some of the plain brown fields. The ends finish in loose warp fringe, and a detail inset highlights the fine geometric patterning of one of the banded stripes.

A long narrow field of deep charcoal-brown ground is animated by two staggered columns of short horizontal bars in dusky red, each bar patterned with a fine diamond lattice. Near the top a single band on each side appears in a paler ivory-gold tone, breaking the otherwise uniform rhythm of red marks descending the length. The ends finish in loose, undyed fringe, and the composition reads as an open, minimally decorated ground punctuated by these floating dashes.

The field is composed of five vertical panels, each banded in alternating stripes of ivory and dark brown that shift slightly in register from panel to panel, giving a stepped, brick-like rhythm across the surface. A narrow band of red, cream, and dark striping breaks the sequence near the top and bottom edges, offering the only accent of color in an otherwise neutral, tonal composition. There is no discernible border framing the panels; the stripe pattern runs directly to the outer edges.

The field is composed of fine, closely packed horizontal stripes in a mottled mix of ivory, rust red, indigo, olive, and rose, giving an overall flecked appearance rather than a solid tone. Narrow patterned bands near each short end interrupt the striping with small rows of tan, blue, and cream geometric accents before giving way to loose warp fringe. A detail inset shows the individual strands and slightly irregular knotting up close.

A long narrow runner composed entirely of horizontal bands in varying widths, each row shifting palette and texture across pale gray, dusty rose, sage green, ochre, powder blue, and cream. No border frames the field; the striping itself runs edge to edge, with fringed ends left plain and unbound. A detail view shows tightly packed weft rows of differing weights and slubs, some flecked with black and white accent striping, giving the surface an irregular, hand-assembled rhythm.

A narrow runner built entirely of horizontal bands, each row composed of small flecked stitches in ivory, taupe, slate blue, and rust, with occasional flashes of black and red breaking the pattern. The field carries no central motif or border in the conventional sense, the striped structure itself serving as the entire composition, finished top and bottom with loose ivory fringe. A detail inset shows the close, pebbled texture of the surface up close, revealing the irregular mix of colored flecks within each stripe.