antique turkmen wedding rug teke tribes merv oasis turkmenistan central asia

Antique Turkmen Wedding Rug, Teke Tribes, Merv Oasis, Turkmenistan, Central Asia.


Price

£1,750
| $2,179 USD | €2,102 EUR


Item Ref

BM2041

Description

This charming little Turkmen wedding-rug was made by a young Teke bride during the second half of the nineteenth century.
The young bride would have made a small rug, as finely knotted as she was able, for her and her future husband to stand on at the wedding ceremony and take their marriage vows.
Wedding-rugs were highly-prized possessions and never intended for sale. Sadly, as the tribes entered the tweentieth century, money might have been scarce and it woulkd have been required to sell their best weavings.
Also, with the Russian advance into Turkmenistan at the end of the 19th century and the massacre of Teke tribes at Merv, many rugs were plundered and eventually sold in the Russian markets. This might have been one of them!
In very good condition, the rug has a madder-red ground and depicting three columns of seven small Teke guls or tribal crests. Particularly attractive are the 'elems' or skirts at each end and complete.
Size: 1.07m x 1.01m (3' 6" x 3' 4").
Viewing by appointment only.
Internal Ref: BM2041


Dimensions

Height = 107 cm (42")
Width = 101 cm (40")
Depth = 0 cm (0")



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