Soumak

An ivory ground is divided into irregular horizontal bands separated by lines in orange, black, pink, and green, each register filled with a loose vocabulary of sketched figures - zigzags, triangles, diamonds, small human forms, and scattered diamond pendants. Colors shift freely between deep orange, pale pink, olive green, and dark brown across the panels, with no single motif repeated exactly the same way twice. A narrow orange guard frames three sides while the unwoven warp fringe is left plain at the top.

A long narrow runner without a distinct border, its ground given over to horizontal bands of striated brown, taupe, and undyed ivory that shift like sedimentary layers along the length. Thin threads of orange and mustard yellow break the earth tones at scattered intervals, and the ends finish in loose, undyed fringe.

The field is composed entirely of horizontal bands running the full width, alternating in coral red, lavender, sage green, taupe, and a single deep charcoal stripe near the lower edge with a band of pink just above it. Many of the paler stripes carry small scattered motifs worked in contrasting thread - tiny diamonds, chevrons, wavy lines, and rows of small figures - while a few stripes are left plain and undecorated. Loose warp fringe is visible at both the top and bottom edges, and there is no separate border framing the composition.

The field is organized in horizontal registers running the length of the piece, alternating flat banded stripes with textured pile sections. Zigzag chevron rows and rows of small triangles in orange, purple, and cream punctuate broad stripes of orange, salmon, pale green, and lavender, while two wider bands show a dense, irregular pile in mixed multicolor flecks. There is no border framing the composition, the stripes running edge to edge, and loose warp fringe is visible at the lower end.

The field is a plain brown ground crossed by narrow horizontal bands in pale teal, with a tan stripe at the top edge. Scattered across the surface are small outline diamonds and lozenge shapes rendered as thin embroidered contours in pink, rose, and dark plum, irregularly spaced rather than arranged in a repeating pattern. Fringe survives at both ends, with a faint red line running along the lower edge before the fringe begins.

An open, undyed ivory field is left almost entirely bare except for a faint, sparsely drawn diamond lattice traced in thin brown lines running the length of the piece. A narrow patterned band in brown and cream marks the top and bottom edges, finishing into loose, uneven knotted fringe. The surface has a soft, uneven, high-pile texture that catches light unevenly across the plain ground.

An undyed ivory field is overlaid with an all-over lattice of brown diamonds outlined in a soft, irregular line, subdivided by narrow horizontal bands of zigzag and chevron motifs that break the grid into three loose registers. No separate border frames the composition, and the piece finishes with a plain woven edge and a fringe of loose knotted ends at the lower edge.

An open ivory field is overlaid with a continuous brown diamond lattice, the lines varying slightly in weight and spacing as they cross the surface. A narrow band of small triangular motifs in brown and faded pink runs along the upper edge, distinct from the plain field below, with loose warp fringe finishing the lower end.

An ivory ground carries an open lattice of brown diamonds formed by crossing diagonal lines, left unbordered so the pattern runs to the edges. Small scattered figures break the grid at the corners and lower field, and near the bottom a rectangular, comb-like motif with hatched fringe sits above the woven end finishing in loose warp fringe.

The field is organized as an irregular grid of thin brown lines crossing bands of yellow, green, and ivory, giving the whole surface a plaid-like effect that shifts slightly in register between the upper and lower halves. A narrow horizontal band interrupts the grid at mid-length, and a row of small dark triangular motifs runs along the lower edge before the fringe. Loose warp fringe is visible at both ends, undyed against the ivory ground.