Soumak

Needlepoint

An ivory ground is covered in an all-over lattice of rose sprays, each cluster of coral and pink blossoms rendered with sage-green leaves and small sprigs of lavender and violet blossoms scattered between. A narrow rose-and-vine border, echoing the field's floral bouquets, frames the composition on all sides in the same soft rose, olive, and cream palette, with a slender striped guard line separating field from border.

Needlepoint

The field is organized into a repeating grid of medallions, each a pale blue lozenge containing a bouquet of pink and rose-red roses with olive-green foliage, set within cream-colored acanthus scrollwork on a dark green-black ground. Small quatrefoil accents appear at the intersections of the scrolled lattice, and the pattern continues edge to edge without a distinct border, suggesting a continuous all-over tile design.

Needlepoint

An open ivory field is left largely bare, animated only by a central floral bouquet and four matching sprays set in each corner, each rendered in soft pink, coral, blue, lavender and green with sprigs of foliage tied at the base. A narrow guard stripe in dusty blue with a meander pattern runs along the outer edge, framed by a thin red line closest to the field.

Needlepoint

An ivory ground is scattered with small gold rosette sprigs and dominated by a single large central medallion of radiating acanthus-like leaves in coral pink, mustard yellow, pale blue and green, gathered around a compact dark green and orange rosette at the center. A slim rust line and a wider pale blue band frame the field as the outer border.

Needlepoint

The field is divided into four equal rectangular compartments, each on a soft blue-grey ground bordered in peach and navy, holding four small rosette clusters in olive green and rust arranged at the corners. The wide outer border on a tan ground carries scrolling vine tendrils with olive leaves punctuated by pairs of stylized birds and paisley-like sprays in dusty rose and pale blue, framed by a narrow band of alternating navy and cream lozenges. Corner and mid-border medallions in small floral rosettes echo the palette of olive, rust, peach, and navy used throughout.

  • Veranda-2018-JAN-FEB
  • House Beautiful. 2018 February
  • European Kilim

    The field is filled with a repeating geometric lattice of angular, fractured forms in tan and soft gold, each unit crossed by fine cream grid lines and diagonal slashes of pale blue and ivory that suggest a stylized architectural or foliate motif. A speckled, mottled texture runs throughout the ground, giving the surface an irregular, mineral-like patina. The border is composed of a narrow plain brown band framed by a wider ivory field patterned with interlocking cellular or reptilian-scale shapes rendered in the same muted gold and taupe palette.

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