Soumak

Agra

An ivory field is organized in two columns of interlocking split-palmette medallions in pale blue-green, joined by dark, almost black vinework and small red and navy blossoms. Diamond-shaped floral cartouches sit at the medallion centers, and the whole pattern repeats with near-mirror symmetry down the length of the field. The border stack is wide and layered: a dark chocolate band of small florets, a cream stripe with sprigged flowers, and an outer ivory guard, framed by narrow red and dark accent stripes.

Agra

A deep red field is covered edge to edge with a dense repeat of small palmettes and floral sprays in ivory, blue, and green, interrupted only by scalloped ivory spandrels at each corner containing curling leaf forms. The wide ivory border carries a running vine of serrated leaves and blossoms in red and rust, framed by narrower guard stripes in matching tones. The overall symmetry is broken slightly at the lower left corner, where the spandrel motif sits a touch off-register from its counterparts.

Indian

A rust-red field carries a symmetrical arrangement of medallions in navy, deep red, mustard, and pale blue, with a central pole medallion flanked by paired diamond-form medallions above and below, all set among dense scrolling vinework and small palmettes. The main border, dark blue, repeats a rhythmic sequence of angular blossoms and leaf forms in cream, rust, and gold, framed by narrower guard stripes of similar palette. Colors throughout are warm and varied, with the reddish ground offset by cool blues and scattered ivory highlights.

Khotan

An open sand-colored field is scattered with small, evenly spaced pink floral rosettes arranged in loose rows across its length. The field is framed by multiple narrow guard stripes and a wider fret-patterned border in muted olive and rust tones, with a secondary meander band in dark brown just inside it. The overall palette stays soft and tonal, with the pink blossoms providing the only strong accent against the neutral ground.

Khotan

An ivory field is arranged in three vertically stacked medallions, each a large pale gold roundel filled with distinct devices — the outer two bearing angular pomegranate-like brackets, the center one filled with rosette flowerheads. Small corner brackets, scattered floral sprigs, and dotted rosettes fill the surrounding ground in muted tan and brown. The wide border carries a cloudband-and-scroll meander in soft gold and cream, framed by a narrower guard stripe of stepped key-fret ornament.

Khotan

An open ivory field carries three large pomegranate-shaped medallions stacked vertically, each filled with a lattice of interlocking star motifs rendered in soft tan against pale ground. Small rosette forms punctuate the spaces between the medallions, and a stylized pendant device tops the uppermost figure. The border is built of stacked guard stripes, including a meander band and a row of diagonal latch-hook devices in a warm gold-brown, framing the composition on all sides.

Khotan

A dark brown-black field carries three medallions arranged along the central axis, each a pale roundel enclosing a small geometric emblem, the largest at center flanked by pairs of small blue birds. Between the medallions, scattered ivory rosettes, sprigs, and star-form blossoms fill the ground, bordered by a meander of angular fret key-pattern in soft rust. The wide outer border on tan ground carries a running scrolled cloud-band motif in blue and brown, framed by narrower guard stripes of small floral diaper and further fretwork.

Chinese

A deep indigo-black field is scattered with small ivory and tan motifs arranged in loose rows: potted plants, vases, censers, shrines, shelved treasures, and stylized flowering sprays, with four large square medallions of vases and blossoms anchoring the corners. The wide camel-colored border carries a continuous vine with scattered leaves, punctuated by small reserve panels containing bats, vessels, and geometric emblems, framed by narrow black and ivory guard stripes.

Mongolian

An open, unadorned pale camel field is anchored by a single small medallion at center, a scalloped medallion in ivory and green enclosing a stylized shou-like knot in coral. The four corners carry angular dark brown fretwork brackets in a stepped key pattern, echoed in the surrounding border of ivory and brown meander bands flanked by a narrow outer strip of small rosette forms on a dark ground.

Chinese

An open field in soft taupe carries only a scattering of small floral sprigs rendered in cream, coral, and pale green, leaving most of the ground bare. A pink band frames the field, giving way to a slate-blue outer border filled with a continuous trailing vine of rosettes in cream, gold, and coral tones. The corners of the outer border show larger clustered blossoms where the vine turns.

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