Mid-20th Century Kars Runner

This bold and roughly woven eastern Turkish runner has a pattern of ten 'ashiks' with cruciform centres, all executed in tones of red, middle blue, goldenrod, red-brown, light green, and dark brown. The border, which hops at one end, has a lozenge chain pattern in goldenrod, middle blue, red and light green on ivory. The weave is coarse. A bit of light blue fabric has been knotted into the pile..