Vintage Turkeman Bokhara

Caucasian rugs are primarily produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the Caucasus normally...

Caucasian rugs are primarily produced as village productions rather than city pieces. Made from materials particular to individual tribal provinces, the rugs of the Caucasus normally...

Antique Russian Turkeman Rug 2'11'' x 4'5''.

Antique Russian Turkeman rug 1'4'' x 2'8''.

In circa 1179 a young man who would grow up to be Cinggis Qahan (Ghengis Khan) was aided by the son of the Chieftain of the Arulat clan. The young man was Bo'orcu. He became one of Cinggis Qahan's Dorben Kulu'ud (Great Warriors). In the Yuan ch'ao pi-shih, Quatrain 205, it is recorded that later in life Cinggis Qahan said "Let Bo'orcu govern the ten thousand of the right hand which take the Altai as pillow." In other words the Qahan gave a proto-tribal unit to a key general. The Lu of Bo'orculu as coming from the same root as the Mongol term Ulus which means the land, animals, and people, that a that an IL or tribal group controls. These people became known as the Bo'orculu or people of Bo'orcu. Over the years Bo'orculu becomes Borchalu. So if Ford is correct and I believe he is that the Borchalu are Mongol than they must be descended from the Horde of Bo'orcu. The Sultanate of Borchali was located in the southeastern part of Georgia and in the eastern part of today's Turkey. At the beginning of the 18th century, Borchali was vassal of the Khanate of Ganja and in 1736 was ceded by Persian Emperor Nadir Shah...

Shirvan rug, floor covering handmade in the Shirvan region of Azerbaijan in the southeastern Caucasus. With the exception of a group of rugs woven in the vicinity of Baku, most Shirv...

:: Allover repeating geometric guls in a classic Bokhara style "elephant footprint" wrapped by highly intricate multi-banded inner and outer borders, with the main border bearing int...

A Vintage rug woven in the Caucasus mountains. 4'10'' x 7'2''

A vintage Caucasian Karabagh from the mid-20th century.

Beautiful vintage runner with nice chirwan design and beautiful colors with green field, yellow, purple and pink, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "E...

Midcentury Caucasian Azerbaijan decorative carpet. With beautiful design and yellow field colors, entirely and finely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experi...

Beautiful 20th century Shirvan rug with a geometrical design and red, yellow and green colors, entirely hand knotted with wool velvet on cotton foundation.