Tekke Bokhara antique rug Turkmenistan 12.3 x 7.1 ft / 375 x 216 cm
Rare, red "Tekke Turkmen" rug in large format and good condition.
Country of origin: Turkmenistan
Design: Tekke Turkmen
Pile: 100% virgin wool
Warp and weft: 70% virgin wool, 30% goat hair
Colors: Brown, Red, Pink, Beige.
Node density: middle-fine
Condition: Very good.
Age: 1920´-40´s
Style: Goes well with Victorian, Library, Dining Room, Living Room and Farmhouse. Great contrast to Industrial / Modern.
Tekke rugs are made by the people of the Turkomans in the steppes of Asia Minor. The settlement area of the Turkmens includes Iran, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. There are 10 tribes of the Turkmen - whose carpets are named after their names: Salor, Saryk, Tekke, Chodor, Arabatchi, Imreli, Yomud, Erzari, Bokhara (Bukhara = main trading place of carpets). Often, all carpets with a red base color and pattern have been referred to as Bokhara carpets for the sake of simplicity. Although the pattern design is always similar, there are very large differences in knotting and knot density.
This carpet was made in the border area in Turkmenistan in the steppe between Merv in the west, Mazar I Sharif in the southeast and Bochara in the north. Typich are the large motifs, called Gul or Gül, and in relation to the infield above-average borders. Tekke Gül are almost always octagonal and retaltive close to a square shape.
Semi Antique Turkmen Gentlemens.
