Embroidered Felt Floor Covering

Embroidered Felt Floor Covering, Uzbekistan, early 20th century, the field comprised of two contiguous diamonds outlined in bright indigo, the indigo portion inset with a polychrome tile pattern of hooked diamonds and other geometric forms, the inner portion inset with hooked ram's horn motifs, the main border with a hooked ram's horn variant pattern, cotton embroidery on pieced wool, 5 ft. 11 in. x 4 ft. 2 in. Literature: For a similar example please see: Heirs to the Silk Road-Uzbekistan , Johannes Kalter and Margareta Pavaloi, 1997, plate 391, p. 201.