Tekke Mafrash/Kap w. Silk Aina Gul, Turkmenistan, First

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

Tekke chuval, aina gul design, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. It seems that aina gul Tekke pieces display, in general, a higher degree of sumptuous fineness than many other patterns in the Tekke repe

Tekke mafrash/kap, 16 aina guls, Turkmenistan, third quarter 19th century. Magenta silk highlights in the aina gul quarters and outlines. Size: 2'5'' x 0'10'' (74 x 25 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Material: wo

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 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 kap/mafrash, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. Magenta silk highlights in the aina gul quarters and outlines. With hole. Size: 2'1'' x 1'0'' (64 x 30 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Material: wool pile, silk

Tekke Aina-Gul Torba, Turkmenistan, Ca. 1880, 2'3'' x 10'' (69 x 25 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Material: wool pile, wool warp, wool weft.

Tekke Aina Gul Torba, Turkmenistan, Ca. 1875, 3'5'' x 1'4'' (104 x 41 cm). Original back. Weight: 2 lbs. Material: wool pile, wool warp, wool weft.

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 mafrash/kap, 9-guls, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. The "tuning-fork" border provides a good frame for the 9-gul format. Size: 2'3'' x 0'11'' (69 x 28 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Material: wool pile, w

Tekke torba, aina gul type, Turkmenistan, early 19th century. One of four pieces of this design type in the Marsh Collection, they are all noted for their deep, dark-toned, saturated dyes, exceptional

Tekke kap/mafrash, aina gul, Turkmenistan, third quarter 19th century. Size: 2'0'' x 0'10'' (61 x 25 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Material: wool pile, wool warp, wool weft.

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 (?) 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 mafrash/kap, 4-guls, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. An unusual arrangement of four guls on the deeply saturated field surrounded by a kohanak border. Note the delicate elem of delicately drawn

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 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, 12-guls, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. An archaic kochak border with variants within, and a narrow elem of diagonal serrated leaves along the bottom as on some Tekke main carpets

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 mafrash/kap, 9-guls, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. Size: 1'11'' x 0'11'' (58 x 28 cm). Weight: 1 lbs. Material: wool pile, wool warp, wool weft.

Tekke mafrash/kap, 9-guls, Turkmenistan, mid-19th century. Ashik blossoms are displayed along the bottom panel, each surmounted by a kochak rams-horn.Size: 2'6'' x 0'11'' (76 x 28 cm). Weight: 1 lbs.

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