Vintage Hand Knotted Tukomen Ersari Rug in Red Background With Gul Design

Hand-Knotted wool Turkomen Ersari Rug with Repeating Sub-Geometric Gul Design, Keivan Woven Arts; rug EMB-9646-P13546, country of origin / type: Turkestan / Ersari, circa 1940s. Mea...

This Turkomen Ersari rug has been hand-knotted in the finest wool. The rug features a repeating Gul design throughout the entirety of the rug, enclosed within a complementary, multi-...

Vintage tribal rug in black, red and ivory. The Turkmen or Turkoman people are settling in villages in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan near the Persian border. Their origin is tribal...

Large oversized tribal rug Afghan Ersari Turkoman or Turkmen rug - "one of a kind" decorative tribal Art. The Turkmen or Turkoman people are settling in villages in Afghanistan an Turkmenistan near the Persian border. Their origin is tribal nomadic, but most members of the tribes have settled in villages in the last decades. Typical for most Turkoman carpets is their geometric design made of wide borders and a repeating inner field with symbols called "Gul" The design of the Gul and the borders tell a lot, which tribe of Turkoman made the rug. The rug listed has 36 octagonal main Guls (eight edged) in 3 rows divided by smaller minor Guls. The golden / beige copper color is very unusual since most Turkoman rugs are made in a bright tomato red. This one has a wool with silk-like shine, a color best defined as very light copper combined with ivory and brown motives. Since tribal people usually have smaller portable looms, it is normal that they make small rugs. Most Turkmen rugs found are between 4 x 6 ft and 8 x 11 ft. For this reason, this 13 x 10 ft rug...