South American

Almond Mohair

An open field of plain undyed surface, its tones shifting quietly between straw, oatmeal, and pale gray in fine horizontal striations. No border or central motif interrupts the expanse, leaving the field entirely unadorned. A detail inset at lower right reveals a close basketweave-like structure with visible ribbing and pale warp threads running vertically.

Vintage Kilim Compositions

The field is composed entirely of vertical stripes, alternating broad bands of undyed ivory with narrower bands of deep brown, some paired with a thin brown line running alongside. There is no border to speak of, the striping simply running edge to edge, and the top and bottom edges show reinforced overcast stitching with small tasseled corner tabs. A faint vertical seam is visible where two woven panels have been joined down the center.

Vintage Kilim Compositions

The field is composed entirely of vertical stripes alternating between broad bands of dark brown and wider bands of undyed ivory, with narrow secondary lines of thin brown accenting some of the pale stripes. Two faint vertical seams cross the surface, marking where separate woven panels were joined. There is no border or field ornament beyond the striping, and the palette remains limited to brown and cream throughout.

Bessarabian

A dark brown ground carries an all-over lattice of small rose sprigs, each rendered in soft pink, cream, and muted red with pale green leaves, arranged in tidy diagonal rows across the field. The border is composed of a plain sage-green band flanked by narrower striped and floral guard stripes in rose, cream, and green, with warp fringe left exposed at both ends.

Italian Needlepoint

A long runner filled edge to edge with a small-scale repeating lattice of rosettes and diamond forms in coral, mustard, pale green, and ivory set against a dark brown ground. Narrow striped guard borders in cream and brown frame the field, while the top and bottom ends carry a wider band of stylized arched palmette-like forms rendered in the same coral, green, and gold palette. The overall effect is dense and allover, with the directional end panels the only interruption to the field's repeat.

French Needlepoint

A rich brown ground centers a vertical panel of a naturalistic floral and fruit spray, rendered in muted gold, sage green, slate blue, and touches of coral red and pink. The narrow flanking columns and top and bottom borders carry symmetrical acanthus scrollwork in ivory and pale sage, framing the central bouquet with a continuous curling vine.

French Needlepoint

An irregularly shaped panel with a deep red ground, its edges left raw and uneven. A wreath of feathery green and ivory foliate sprays and rosette blossoms encircles a central vignette of a standing figure in a long coat holding a slender rod beside a small pavilion or shrine form, rendered in the same ivory, green and cream palette. The composition is symmetrical along a vertical axis except for the pavilion, which sits slightly off-center to the figure's right.

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