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RugStore: Turkmenistan Rugs
About Turkmen rugs: Turkmen rugs mainly produced in Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Turkmenistan is encircled by Uzbekistan in north, Afghanistan in southeast, Iran in south and the Caspian Sea to the eastern border. It is the old silk route from Baghdad to China. It is hard to say from when the art of rug weaving begin in Turkmenistan as carpet weaving is the most ancient forms of Turkmen art.
The Salor tribes are believed to be initiators of Turkmen carpet-weaving. By the end of 16th century production from Salors tribe came to an end, it was replaced by Saryk and Tekke rugs with Salor-gel design.
Wool of Sarajin sheep is used for yarn, the magnanimous usage of dyes, the coloring agents are vegetable dye-stuff and perfumes of the environment. The use of synthetic aniline dyes came into vogue during 15th Century. The important colors used are red, cherry red and brown, yellow, dark green, blue, dark blue and white colors. The center of rugs usually has dark blue, dark brown and black colors. The rug surface has the lush of deep color with velvety and light twinkling.
The beauty and durability of Turkmen rugs are proven fact with the elegant design. Pile carpet of Turkmen consumes lot of time. The main components of these rugs are ornamentation with gels. Designs usually used in these rugs are nature, life style of Turkmen people; on keen attention you could able to see the historical origin of Turkmen people, tribe, region and nature. Till today, the gels of ancient tribes are practiced in modern Turkmen rugs.
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The Turkmen rugs are categories into three groups:
- Teke rugs, Akhal-Teke rugs, Pendi rugs.
- Yomut rugs, Choudour rugs.
- Beshir rug, Kerki rugs, Kizylayak rugs.
These rugs vary by decorations, patterns, coloring, density and height of a pile according to the tribe sect, Turkmen tribes are Teke (Tekke), Yomut (Yomud), Arsary (Ersary), Chowdur (Choudur), Saryk (Saryq), Salyr (Salor). Rugs of each tribe group have its own designs & beauty. These rugs are typically dense, the knots ranges from 180 to 400 knots to a square meter.
Tekke
This carpet is produced by the Tekke tribe and also known as Bokhara in the west. The design of Tekke has a broad border with the center field decorated octagon-shaped guls. The patterns are mostly geometric and the colors usually used are green, red, white and brown, for warps ivory is mostly used and for wefts brown color. The density of the knots varies and asymmetrical knots are practiced on a wool foundation.
Pendi Rugs
These rugs are produced by Akhal-teke tribes. The main design practiced is Kiyash- kele medallion. The colors used are natural dye- red, blue, brown, yellow and ivory are colors used often. They use asymmetrical knots and the foundation is mostly of pure wool or camel hair or cotton.
Akhal-Teke rugs
Pendi Oasis Turkmen, these rugs are produced during late19th century; the colors usually used are blue and red with the design and pattern. The colors used in the rugs are natural dyes. The counts of the knots are as per the quality of the rug.
Yomut rugs
The Yomut or Yomud are Turkomen tribe of residing along the eastern shore of Caspian Sea. The rugs usually have guls, Dyrnak, Tauk, Noska and Kepse. The pattern in Yomuds are array of diamond shapes, spread across the field in the Turkoman order, but outfitted inside and out with the latch-hook. Uniqueness of this rugs are its side gives a checker board feel by using alternate squares of red and blue, red and brown, or two shades of red. Yomuds may use either Sehna or Ghiordes knot.
Choudour rugs
These rugs are produced by the Chowdur tribe of Turkmenistan. These follow the traditional pattern of ornamentation and gels. It is a popular rug among Turkmen rugs. Dense asymmetric knots are used. Red and blue colors are mostly used in rugs.
Beshir rug
Beshir is a place in West of Turkestan. Rugs produced in some area of Bokhara and the places along the Amu Darya River in northern Afghanistan are known as Beshir. Usually these rugs are produced by Ersari Turkomen Beshir rugs are the division of yomut rugs. The style of latch-hook is used in the beshir rug are similar to yomut rugs. The rug has the design of Ikat and Herati patterns, other style of geometric motifs and boteh patterns are also found. They are woven with an asymmetric knot.
Kerki & Kizylayak rugs
These rugs have symmetric gul designs and motifs are either in the shape of camel or elephant foot. They are the popular rugs of Turkmen, renowed for its best quality. It follows similar color structure of other rugs made in Turkmenistan, standard colors like red, blue, brown and ivory. It uses asymmetric knots with wool or cotton or silk as its foundation.