Turkish Nomadic Pile Rug

More than eight feet of cream wool, and one small brown diamond.

This nomadic pile rug comes from central Turkey and dates to the mid 20th century. It is wool. Nomadic weavers made thick, long-pile rugs like this one for warmth, as a soft layer against cold ground and a practical bed in a tent or a winter house. The shaggy field is a pale natural cream with soft tan clouding at one end. A single brown diamond sits off center, and fine fringe trims one edge. Four feet wide and more than eight and a half long.

Somebody decided one diamond would do.