WEST TURKMENISTAN, CIRCA 1880
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A TEKKE CARPET
WEST TURKMENISTAN, CIRCA 1880
The shaded brick-red field with four columns of ten linked Tekke guls divided by cruciform motifs and stylised animal figures, in a brick-red border of polychrome octagons containing linked stellar flowerheads divided by stepped part lozenges and paired floral motifs, between barber-pole stripes, broad striped kilim strip at each end, negligible areas of localised damage, slight fraying to kilim strip
10ft.2in. x 6ft.4in. (309cm. x 193cm.)
WEST TURKMENISTAN, CIRCA 1880
The shaded brick-red field with four columns of ten linked Tekke guls divided by cruciform motifs and stylised animal figures, in a brick-red border of polychrome octagons containing linked stellar flowerheads divided by stepped part lozenges and paired floral motifs, between barber-pole stripes, broad striped kilim strip at each end, negligible areas of localised damage, slight fraying to kilim strip
10ft.2in. x 6ft.4in. (309cm. x 193cm.)