3'7" X 6'7" Timuri Taimanak Khorasan [SH-353]

Timuri Taimanak Khorasan, Torbat-e Djam, Northeast Persia. No later than 1870. In Saiwoch Azadi's Belutch—tradition book, page 164, plate 39. We find close comparable medallions with interesting variations. Our example shows four complex medallions. Its two pairs of deep indigo bird figures are stretched to the inner border stripe. The lower opposing hooked bird heads motifs have eyes in both indigo and madder. The inner indigo border stripes sprout powerful serrated dragon bodies, illustrated on page 95, plate 4. In that plate, the half-pendant medallions appear as sunburst arrows in pumpkin on corroded brown wool ascending upwards with the inner border, terminating at the top as totemic birds opening to the beyond. Azadi's curled leaf main border illustrated on page 165, plate 39 is replaced in our example by the split cross diamond motif and box border of the Timuri Sangtshuli tribe illustrated on page 167, plate 40, same dated to 1860. The same Sangtshuli border appears again on page 168, plate 41 dated 1880. Azadi's Taimanak rug and our example share the same snake dragon Siamesed border. Ours, the outer border only, Azadi's illustrated as plate 39 a pair. Within our outer border, interesting variations are seen. Our snake/dragon border reveals three indigo stripes on a light saffron pumpkin ground. On the opposite side, there are two stripes on the pumpkin ground. Are we seeing the work of two different weavers? On plate 41, Azadi writes, that in Sangtshuli tribal weavings they employ a brilliant ivory wool used in stripes, separating their tribe from Yakub Khani. Our example shows if you zoom in it depicts a intricately woven "S" motifs in ivory wool on glistening rose-madder ground. Four archaic medallions and five borders, six colors, four cord brown goat hair, selvedge, and original madder striped kilim ends. Expertly hand washed by us. Mostly full Pile. An excellent study piece and a tribal treasure.