Antique Turkmen Rugs
TURKMEN RUGS
A Tekke Rug, the washed madder
field with three columns of five gulls, and
minor motifs with a sunburst border,
together
with a Sara band Mat, the madder field
with all-over Bothe.
A Beluch Saddle Bag, each panel with all-over flower head design on an indigo field, with polychrome flat-weave backing.
A Tekke Rug, the madder field with three columns of twelve guls, and minor cross motifs within multiple borders.
A Beluch prayer Rug, the tree
of life metre with plant spandrels, within
multiple borders.
An Afghan Rug, the washed
madder field with a column of four gulls,
within a diagonal lattice border,
together
with a similar Afghan Rug, with a
column of three and a half gulls.
A Beluch Rug, the purple madder field with two columns of seven gulls and minor hooked motifs within multiple borders.
An Afghan Rug, with two columns of five hooked gulls, each filled with petals, similar minor motifs and a hooked border, together with an Afghan Ensi, the quartered field with rows of candelabra.
An Afghan Rug, the madder field with a column of four octagonal gulls, together with an Afghan Prayer Rug, and a Shirvan Rug, the indigo field with ram’s horns and palmettos.
Beluch Rug, the madder field with vertical stripes of indigo vines within three arrowhead borders and flat weave ends.
A Take Rug, the madder field
with three columns of minor octagonal
gulls, and minor cross motifs, within a
’sunburst’ border and serrated leaf ends.
An Afghan Rug, the dark brown
field with three rows of three octagonal
gulls and minor cross motifs within two
borders.
A Yomut Rug, the madder field
with all-over hooked gulls, within an ivory
border.
A pair of Yomut Juvals, each
madder field with four rows of four gulls,
within ivory border and stylised plant
skirts.
A Beluch Rug, the brown madder field with overall design of hooked gulls within a reciprocal border.
A Turkman Juval, the brown madder field with two rows of three hooked ’sailor’ gulls, within gull border.
A Beluch Afghan Rug, the
madder field with three columns of twelve guls within polychrome arrowhead border.
A Beluch Afghan Rug, the
madder field with two columns of four
gulls and geometric motifs within madder
trailing vine border.
A Tekke Rug, the madder field
with four columns of five gulls, within a
madder hooked border.
CAUCASIAN RUGS
A Kazakh Rug, the saffron plant
trellis field within a broad ivory star gull
and bracket border.
A Kazakh Rug, with three columns of six polychrome compartments, each containing a hooked medallion within an ivory border.
An Erivan Rug, the indigo field with rows of polychrome hooked gulls, within an ivory wine glass and serrated leaf border and reciprocal guard stripes.
A Kazakh Rug, the madder field
with a column of five polychrome gulls
within a walnut stylised floral border and
multiple guard stripes.
A South Caucasian Rug, the
walnut field with overall Bothe, birds and
gulls, within three narrow borders.
A Kazakh Rug, the indigo field with diagonal rows of Bothe, within an ivory gul and bracket border.
A Kazakh Rug, the indigo field with all-over large polychrome Bothe within an ivory serrated leaf and wine glass border.
A Caucasian Rug, the indigo field
with a column of four medallions and all-
over minor motifs, within an indigo
trailing vine border.
A Caucasian Rug, the madder
field with rows of Bothe, within ivory and
indigo geometric border.
RUNNERS
A pair of Kerman Runners, each with a pale-indigo field with all-over flowering vines, within a madder foliate cartouche border.
A Kurdish Runner, the madder field with a column of connecting indigo medallions, within three trailing vine borders.
A Kurdish Runner, the indigo
field with a column of hooked gulls within
two borders.
A Shirvan Runner, the charcoal
field with a column of six polychrome
star medallions and minor motifs, within
an ivory leaf and wine glass border.
A South Caucasian Runner, the
madder field with a column of medallions, within an ivory flower head border and walnut outer border.
A West Persian Kurdish Runner,
the indigo field with an all-over design of
Bothe, within an ivory trailing vine border,
one inner and two outer guard stripes,
patched and repaired.
A Hamadan Runner, the madder
field with an indigo and ivory pole
medallion, indigo spandrels and all-over
her ate design, within two borders,