Mythic turkmen Beshir ‘snake/dragon/cloudband’ main carpet from the 19th century. Have you ever seen such a complex border system on that type? Dozens of scorpions (?) in border’s partly blue water. The random use of the blue (throughout the field and within the borders as well) makes the surface looking like weaving water or the vibrating sky. The field is very dynamic and has a lot of asymmetry. Cleverly drawn with a lot of visual fantasy. Not just repeating lines of snakes as we can see it often. Note how the weaver continuously shifted the horizontal and also the vertical axes of the carpet! The form, the scaling and the direction of the snakes are also different from each other, giving real motion and dynamism to the carpet. condition: Wool on wool , with all organic colors. Worn, low pile but still has some meat in the borders. Some ugly, old repairs here&there, but nothing is missing, the piece is complete. More beauties here: http://rugrabbit.com/profile/5160