East Turkestani Turkish Rugs

An antique East Turkestan Khotan accent rug handmade during the early 20th century. Measures: 4' 9" x 8' 11"

A wonderful vintage Turkish Konya Kilim runner with beautiful natural brown, black, cream, and gray stripes mixed with crimson and lavender vegetable dyed stripes, all with embroider...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan rug from the early 20th century.

51332, vintage Turkish Kilim rug. This handwoven wool vintage Turkish Kilim rug features a series of stripes in soft colors on a dark contrasting background. This flat-weave Kilim rug displays symbols of running water, burdock and a small hook. The symbols represent marriage (hook), abundance, protection (burdock) and the continuity of life (running water). Blending nomadic charm, ancient symbolism and Folk Art warmth, this vintage Turkish Kilim rug reflects generations of cultural beliefs and serves many design purposes. Perfect for extra-wide and long hallways, corridors, galley kitchens and Bohemian decor...

Gorgeous faded indigo, grey and rust colors running through out. Wool hand-knotted rug from the 1940s. Measures: 68" x 113".

An antique East Turkestan Khotan rug in runner format with a pomegranate design handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 2' 2" x 7' 6" Central Asian Rugs & Carpets: Central Asia is a vast area stretching from Northeastern Persia to western China, and from northern Afghanistan to the southern edge of Russia. The carpets can be usefully divided into three groups: the nomadic Turkmen rugs of Turkmenistan, northern Afghanistan, and northeastern Persia; the non-Turkmen tribal pieces from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kirghizstan; and the urban creations of Khotan, Yarkand, and Kashgar, oasis cities of Western China (Xinjiang Province). Commercially, the most important group is from Khotan, the easternmost of the Chinese Turkestan cities. The craft of rug weaving is primarily in the hands of Muslim Uighurs. Khotan carpets mix purely Central Asian design themes with Chinese elements. Native Khotan devices include pomegranate trees, upright flowers, round medallions, and yellow or red grounds. Chinese motives include triangular fretwork corners, swastika fretwork, and Yun-Tsao Tou (clouds and rain) diagonally striped polychrome borders. Cotton foundations, asymmetrical (Persian) knots, and medium weaves are standard. Some vintage Khotan are in horizontal, pictorial layouts with multiple various vases and plants. Saphs (multiple prayer niche panel carpets) are also a Khotan specialty. Others employ stepped and layered lozenge medallions, singly or in pairs. Still others, almost all antique, feature a stylized version of the allover Persian Herati design. Many of the oldest pieces employ brown wool wefts. Antique and vintage Khotans are almost always in the k’ang (double square) layout, conforming to the local household plans. Only relatively recently has the 6’ by 12’ or 7’ by 16’ format been replaced by the 9’ by 12’ size. As a result, an antique room size Khotan carpet is very uncommon. Reds are cinnamon, tomato and rust, never wine reds, crimson, or scarlet. Yarkand, farther west on the old Silk Road specializes in multi-medallion long carpets while Kashgar, farthest west and most under Persian influence, has traditionally knotted allover pattern pieces with finer weaves, often with silk piles, and enriched with medal thread, on cotton foundations. Extant Kashgars go back to the 17th century, but the carpet craft in Chinese Turkestan must be much older as fragments have been recovered from local tombs of the early C.E. period. Kashgars are the rarest of all East Turkestan rugs. Most available vintage East Turkestan carpets are interwar Khotans, many with pleasingly soft decorative palettes. The non-Turkmen nomads include the Kazakh, Kirghiz, Uzbek, and Karakalpak groups. Like the Turkmen, they were once all seasonally migratory, dwelling in round felt tents (yurts), but have been settled, at least partially, in the villages, and have taken up crafts and agriculture instead of sheep herding. As a result, carpet production has transitioned from domestic tent use to commercial sale, but the roots of long traditions are still evident. The Uzbeks weave...

An antique East Turkestan Khotan carpet from the first quarter of the 20th century.

Light Khotan rug with geometric Medallions, rug MP-879-10 country of origin / type: Afghanistan / Khotan This Khotan features a geometric all-over des...

A beautiful early 20th century Turkish Konya Kilim rug with two large diamond medallions flanked by stylized floral patterns, living on a field of more stylized flowers in a linear f...

60798 Vintage Turkish Striped Kilim Rug, 08'06 x 11'07. Transcending the ordinary, Bayadere-patterned maximalist interiors possess an ageless...

Antique Khotan rugs and carpets were produced in the oasis town of Eastern Turkestan, today part of the Xinjiang region in Western China. This area has had a steady production of car...

This antique Khotan runner has a shaded steel-blue field with an overall design of terracotta-red angular pomegranate vine, in a border of linked square panels each with a hooked flo...