Turkish Konya Pile Rug

Black stars and red hooks on cream. Nothing here is shy, or entirely symmetrical.

This Konya pile rug is from Turkey, 20th century, in wool. Konya, in central Anatolia, has been a rug-weaving region for many centuries, with village weavers producing long-piled rugs for floors, bedding and dowries. Olive-green columns frame diamonds and hooked motifs across a soft cream field, with dark eight-pointed stars filling the spaces between. A slim red line edges the rug, and white fringe finishes both ends. Six feet long and about four and a half wide.

Just regular enough to be restful. Just irregular enough to stay interesting.