Tekke Chuval, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C.

Tekke chuval, 25-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Over the last ten years of Leigh Marsh's collecting life, he added some major acquisitions, many of which were Tekke and included importan

Tekke small rug, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century.A very unusual rug that displays rare variants of early chuval main guls and secondary chemche guls. Spacious composition, archaic treatment of s

Chodor chuval, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century.A grand statement of early Chodor weaving is this exemplary large chuval with unusually deep dimensions. Rows of beautifully drawn ertmen guls pres

Tekke (?) torba, 12-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. A refined weaving with elegant style and spacious composition. The twelve guls are beautifully drawn, well-proportioned and tall giving

Tekke torba, 6-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. This is another standout 6-gul torba with handsome proportions and unusually large guls. Expertly woven with soft wool and visually composed

Tekke torba, 12-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Woven with a high knot count, this multiple-gul trapping is unusually fine among other Turkmen trappings. The single crested birds inside t

Tekke Torba, 6-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. This large torba displays many distinguishing features, including a bold kochak border, six solid-scale guls with double-crested birds, as w

Tekke mafrash/kap, 6-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Well-balanced six major guls with crested birdheads and expertly drawn chemche secondary motifs with well-executed double kochak horn

Tekke torba, 12-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. The border consists of the "tuning-fork" motif. Size: 2'2'' x '9'' (66 x 23 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Material: wool pile, wool warp, wool weft.

Tekke mafrash/kap, 4-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Four unusually large scale, boldly drawn guls fill the field of this very unusual and rare trapping.Size: 1'10'' x 0'10'' (56 x 25 cm)

Tekke kafrash/kap, 4-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. An unusual layout of four guls, enclosed within a border consisting of stepped Memling-guls. Along the bottom is a row of large nazarl

Tekke torba, 9-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th c. A well-drawn "tuning-fork" border, mellow patina and soft velvety pile distinguish this torba. Size: 2'6'' x 0'11'' (76 x 28 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. M

Tekke torba, 9-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 9th century. The box-flower variant border surrounds a field of nine well-spaced archetypal guls. Size: 2'2'' x 1'0'' (66 x 30 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Materia

Saryk chuval (fragment), Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. This handsome chuval fragment expresses the excellent quality of Saryk weaving with great wool, saturated dyes and assertive bold drawin

Tekke small rug, 3 x 8 Main carpet guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Another choice small format Tekke carpet that fits well into the Marsh Collection. The cherry red color sparkles as with

Tekke Ak Chuval, Turkmenistan, second half 19th century. A very good example of the white-pile elem version of these mixed-technique chuvals, compared to the red mixed technique examples (kizil chuval

Tekke small rug, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century.With such a cheery, cherry red pile, the origin of this exceptional little rug might be thought to be Ersari. Three vertical rows of six octagona

Tekke mafrash/kap, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. A finely woven choice trapping with plush wool and cochineal magenta silk highlights in a repeated aina-guil pattern. A narrow elem along the

Saryk Chuval 131 x 81 cm (4' 4" x 2' 8") Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: good, low pile, both sides and upper end incomplete, minor small repairs Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool wi

Karadashli Chuval 110 x 84 cm (3' 7" x 2' 9") Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: very good according to age, low pile in places, side edges slightly incomplete Warp: wool, weft: wool, pi

3 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 11 in. Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: good, pile partly low, side edges incomplete, small holes in upper border Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool Provenance: Ger

Early Ersari Chuval 98 x 70 cm (3' 3" x 2' 4") Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: used, low pile, incomplete all around, clear signs of use, scattered small repairs Warp: wool, weft: woo

Chodor Chuval 121 x 85 cm (4' x 2' 9") Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: good, both sides and lower end incomplete, low pile, signs of use Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

First half 19th century, 68 x 96 cm, Central Asia, West Turkestan Very fine in weave, this early fragmented Tekke chuval has a design strongly influenced by Salor models. The field contains three comp