Soumak

Swedish Flat Weave Technique
FJ Hakimian, Inc. will utilize design for inspiration purposes only

The ivory field with light blue angular tendrils issuing floral sprays overlaid by arabesque panels flanking central rosettes, in an ivory turtle-palmette and flowering vine border between similar floral meander and indigo angular motif stripes, plain outer rust-red stripe.

100% Cotton

Maximum Width: 4 Feet (145 cm)

100% Cotton

Maximum Width: 4 Feet (145 cm)

An open pale blue ground carries an overall lattice of pale gray flowering vine, the branches interlacing into irregular ogival compartments filled with rosettes in gold and cream, sprays of pointed leaves, and small clusters of pink-red buds. A narrow slate-blue border with a subtler striped inner guard frames the field without a distinct corner device, letting the vine pattern run to the edge.

A rust-red field carries two columns of three large roundels, each ringed with slate-blue foliate garlands enclosing ivory floral medallions accented in gold, with small diamond-shaped connectors filling the spaces between the circles. The wide border repeats a slate-blue palmette-and-vine pattern against the same ivory ground, flanked by narrower guard stripes of stylized rosettes and trefoils in matching tones. The rust ground shows subtle striations of tone, and the piece ends in plain warp fringe at both ends.

A long narrow runner composed of horizontal bands in varying widths of tan, beige, taupe, and warm gray, alternating with narrower ivory and soft gray stripes. The field is entirely given over to this striped sequence with no central medallion or figural motif, the palette kept to a close range of neutral earth tones. A detail inset shows the close, irregular texture of the surface, where flecks of dark brown and cream yarns interweave within the pale ground.

Initialed "JBS" on reverse

Designed by Marcel Kammerer and woven by 'Backhausen & Sohne'

The rose madder field with a floral wreath with stylised roses.

Vienna Art Noveau period