Soumak

Soumak wool panels (persian) - narrow striped with natural tones of wool along with delicate shades of orange and light blue.

The field is composed of an irregular grid of rectangular and square panels pieced together, each block showing fine striated linear texture in tones ranging from pale taupe and grey to deep charcoal and umber. Visible stitched seams outline every block, forming the pattern rather than any applied border, and there is no separate framing border to the composition. The overall effect is an abstract patchwork with no figurative motifs, the color shifting gradually across the surface from lighter grey-browns to darker brown-black segments.

The field is organized in vertical bands of varying widths, each rendered in a solid, subtly striated tone, with two bands interrupted by horizontal color shifts—one panel breaking from pale blue-gray to soft brown, another shifting near the base from brown to cream. The palette moves through camel, taupe, ivory, slate gray, and a pale blue-green, with no border framing the composition, allowing the stripes to run edge to edge.

Natural linen stitch (herringbone and button stitch).

An allover geometric field of interlocking octagons and elongated hexagonal forms rendered in a tonal palette of ivory, taupe, and soft brown, with no distinct border framing the pattern. Each cell shows subtle striations of tone within the solid color blocks, giving the grid a quiet, patchwork-like variation. The design runs edge to edge, suggesting the pattern continues beyond the visible field.

The field is composed of five vertical bands running the full length of the piece, alternating in tone from warm taupe and soft gray-brown to pale ivory and deeper olive-brown. There is no border framing the composition; the striped panels run edge to edge, finished with a narrow flat selvage visible along both sides. The palette stays within a neutral range of grays, taupes, and creams, with subtle variation in tone within each stripe suggesting handled, uneven dyeing or shading.

Colorful stripes: burgundy, white, green, orange, dark blue.

Persian panels, wool & goat hair.

Linear design with regular end button stitch

The field is composed of alternating rectangular panels arranged on the diagonal, pairing plain ivory blocks with striped panels in charcoal, gray, and white. The striped sections run in tight vertical lines within each block, creating a basket-weave illusion across the surface, while the plain panels remain open and unadorned. No border, inscription, or field motif interrupts the geometric grid.