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Vintage Turkmen Tekke Area Rug, Hand-Knotted Wool Pile, Brick-Red, Early 1900s

$3,900
£2,939.05
€3,434.34
CA$5,534.39
A$5,551.22
CHF 3,220.02
MX$67,763.24
NOK 37,296.93
SEK 38,170.90
DKK 25,671.63

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This beautifully preserved early 20th century Turkmen Tekke area rug features the classic allover small gul medallion pattern that is the defining visual identity of the Tekke tribe — the repeating octagonal forms, rendered in warm brick-red with medallions in navy, yellow, ivory, and soft pink, creating a composition of exceptional visual rhythm and cultural depth. Finely woven with a high knot density and natural vegetable dyes, this rug exemplifies the extraordinary material quality and geometric precision for which Tekke weavings are universally celebrated. Turkmen rugs, woven by the nomadic and semi-nomadic tribal peoples of Central Asia — principally the Tekke, Yomut, Ersari, Saryk, and Salor — are among the most instantly recognizable and actively collected tribal textiles in the world. Distinguished by their deep, saturated crimson fields, their repeating octagonal gul medallions, their exceptionally fine high-density pile, and the extraordinary quality of their hand-spun and vegetable-dyed wool, Turkmen rugs combine geometric precision with a richness of material quality that has made them prized from the bazaars of Bukhara to the auction rooms of New York and London. Dimensions: 3’ 8” x 5’ 3” Date of Manufacture: 1st Quarter of the 1900s Place of Origin: Turkmenistan, Central Asia Material: Wool pile on a wool foundation with vegetable dyes Condition: Wear consistent with age and use The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 2059 vintage Turkmen rug, antique Tekke rug, Turkmen Gul pattern, brick-red oriental rug, tribal area rug, early 1900s rug, wool on wool rug, vegetable dye rug, fine weave tribal rug, high knot density rug, Central Asian rug, handwoven Tekke carpet, navy and ivory rug, pink and yellow medallion rug, nomadic tribal rug, collectible ethnic rug,, Tekke Turkmen, Vintage Tekke Rugs, Vintage Tekke Turkmen Rugs, Turkmen Tribal Rugs, Turkmen Rugs, Vintage Turkmen Rugs, Antique Turkmen Rugs, Turkmen Carpets, Antique Tribal Weaving, Tribal Weaving, Antique Turkmen Chuval Rugs, Nomadic Tribal Rugs.
  • Dimensions:
    Width: 44 in (111.76 cm)Length: 63 in (160.02 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
    Wool,Hand-Knotted,Vegetable Dyed
  • Place of Origin:
    Turkmenistan
  • Period:
    Early 20th Century
  • Date of Manufacture:
    1900-1909
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Barrington, IL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: The Persian Knot Gallery, SKU: 20591stDibs: LU8224239255462

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