Lot 87: Hand-Knotted Wool Tribal Rug with Diagonal Stripe Field

A hand-knotted wool nomadic tribal rug, likely of Anatolian or Northwest Persian origin. The central field features a series of diagonal stripes in deep red, dark brown, and indigo blue tones. Each stripe is populated with repeating geometric floral and stylised motifs in bone-coloured, red, and blue wool. The composition is framed by a primary border on a bone-coloured ground, decorated with a repeating S-hook or running dog motif in alternating dark brown and red. Narrower guard borders with simple geometric patterns flank the main border. The pile is constructed from hand-spun wool on a wool foundation, displaying tonal variations or abrash within the dyed bands, particularly noticeable in the red and blue sections. Two adhesive inventory labels are present on the lower right corner, one reading 87 and the other reading 12954 D.