CIRCA: 1920’s
A beautiful, extremely soft, three paneled Tibetan masho – or above-saddle carpet – tightly woven using the tsuktruk method* and made sometime circa the 1920’s. It is constructed entirely of hand spun wool warp and weft, and has a soft ‘thickish’ pile which is a lustrous un-dyed and extremely fine mixture of very dark brown and black wool. A striking lighter brown medallion – that appears almost golden against the dark background – floats in the center panel. It is a tastefully designed tightly woven masho with a stark minimalist beauty all its own.
*Note; this has been made originally as a masho / above saddle carpet, it is not a cut-down fragment from a larger tsuktruk.
See photos of a similar but older tsuktruk masho here https://warpandweft.club/portfolio-item/mashos-item-2/