Persian Turkman

Persian TurkmanThe finest of all tribal rugs are produced by the Turkmen: tribal weavers from Uzbekistan, Turkemistan and Afghanistan, who create and knot their own designs in the Bashir, Tekke and Yomut carpet styles. With 20 120 knots per square inch higher in the finest antique rugs the carpets feature simple patterns in true nomadic fashion, with dark red fields and repeating black or blue and ivory 'gul' motifs. The pile is cut thin on these hard wearing rugs,

the antique tribal camel bags crafted in the villages of Anatolia

Following WWI

Kashan carpets also have distinctive borders

a Turkish knot

Sub-styles of the Tabriz include the distinguished Tabriz Fish

Woven with the Persian or asymmetrical knot and with wool made of velvet and silk

but they are difficult to source today

Armenian carpets were richly coloured with abundent ornamental motifs

thick and hardwearing

from detailed medallion and corner designs to adventurous hunting rugs to pictorial rugs that portray scenes of daily life

often present all-over pattern without a central medallion

Featuring repeating patterns of octagonal 'guls'