Uzbek antique nomad fragmentary carpet (296 x 129cm)

296 x 129 cm  //  9ft 9" x 4ft 3"

Attributed to the desert oasis Nurata region. Despite appearances, the fabric remains remarkably robust due the the very strong and compacted weaving. This weaving group was attributed as being from the Nurata Mountains north of Bukhara by V.G. Moshkova 

The antique central Asian carpet requires mounting onto a base cloth

Cf. plate 118, Museum of Ethnography, Leningrad No. 362-21. Tzareva, Elena., Rugs & Carpets from Central Asia, Penguin Books 1984

Also cf

Inventry No 5139 State Museum of Cultural Hisory Uzbekistan Samarkand 

Provenance: Jim Dixon collection 

Ref. 16960