Soumak

Berber

The field is divided into two horizontal registers: an expansive plain ivory-gold ground occupying the upper two-thirds, giving way below to a dense band of irregular striations in charcoal, brown and cream that resemble ripples or bark texture. There is no border, and the transition between the open field and the striped lower section is uneven rather than a straight line. Warp ends are finished with long, loosely twisted ivory and brown fringe at both top and bottom.

Berber

An essentially open field in undyed ivory pile, its surface mottled with soft tonal variations that catch the light unevenly. A single thin brown line runs horizontally across the lower third, the sole interruption to the plain expanse, bordered top and bottom by a narrow flat selvage and a loose knotted fringe.

Berber

An undyed ivory ground is left largely open, crossed top to bottom by loosely drawn vertical lines in a soft brown. A single horizontal band interrupts the field, filled with small scattered glyph-like figures — hooked forms, diamonds, triangles, and simple stick figures — rendered in the same brown outline. The side borders carry a run of small checkered blocks, while the top and bottom edges finish in loose, undyed fringe.

Plains

Cut Pile and Loop Technique

The field is left entirely open, its surface built from fine horizontal striations that catch the light in soft variations of taupe and ivory. A narrow, unadorned border in a slightly deeper tone frames the composition, running evenly along all four edges. The overall effect is one of subtle tonal movement rather than pattern, with the ridged texture itself serving as the sole decorative interest.

Chequerboard

An unbordered field in a saturated yellow-gold ground is overlaid with a subtle checkerboard of small squares in muted grey-green, arranged in irregular bands that shift in density across the surface. The pattern reads almost like a faded overlay rather than a bold motif, with no distinct border framing the composition, and plain warp fringe visible at both ends. A small circular woven mark appears in the upper right corner.

Infinity

Mixed Pile and Flat Weave Technique

An open tan ground carries a continuous chain of interlocking loops, each ring rendered as a thick cabled band that overlaps and underlaps its neighbor in a strand-like plait. The looping motif runs the full length of the field without a distinct border, its coils rendered in soft rose, blush pink, and pale ivory tones against the warm beige surface. At the center the strands cross to form a taut, symmetrical knot where two bands twist directly over one another before continuing outward.

Marion II

Pile Technique

The field is a soft neutral grey-beige, its surface worked with a continuous meander of stepped, key-fret forms rendered in subtle tonal contrast so that the pattern only emerges under raking light. These interlocking rectilinear lines run in horizontal bands across the entire ground, evenly spaced and repeated without a distinct central medallion or corner motifs. Top and bottom, a narrow border of thin dark and light pinstripes frames the composition, the only sharply defined lines against the otherwise muted, textured expanse.

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