Posted by Tim Adam on 02-21-2005 05:24 AM:
Date attribution criteria
Steve,
In your salon you write
quote:
Various designs, motifs, textures, even overall shapes, are believed to
correlate with age in certain weaving groups. But, I wonder, how much of this
conventional wisdom is soundly based, how much is simply error accepted by
repetition.
Except for Wendel's hypothesis that the Leshgi Star is a more
recent invention, we have not talked much about the "various designs, motifs,
textures, and overall shapes" that can be used to estimate a rug's age. I would
really like to hear/learn more about this part of the salon.
Apart from
the general deterioration of design and multiple border phenomena, I have heard
that the following can be age indicators in Turkmen weavings:
A green dye
A green dye that has faded into blue (a fugitive
yellow)
The presence of tertiary motives in Tekke torbas
I am
sure there are many more criteria. So, my question is, "What are these criteria,
and what do they indicate?"
Best regards,
Tim