An interesting Yomut (?)Turkmen main carpet, Turkmenistan second half 19th century, 9ft.9in. x 6ft.5in. 2.97m. x 1.96m. Slight even wear in field. It is possible that the distinctive dark tonality of this dyrnak gol carpet - with dark and mid blues, dark green, brownish red, brownish salmon, purple-brown and ivory - may be also be a clue to its actual tribal origin, since it also has an unusual structure - asymmetric knotting open left.