Tekke Torba, Turkmenistan, First Half 19th C.

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 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 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

Yomut Torba, 9-guls, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Size: 2'6'' x 1'3'' (76 x 38 cm). Weight: 2 lbs. Material: wool pile, wool warp, wool weft. Black wefts,velvety pile, floppy handle.

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 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

Fine Saryk 'Torba' (Fragment), Turkmenistan, first half 19th century, wool/part-cotton/wool, approx. 111 x 33 cm, condition: (fragment), remarkable fine knotting, extremely fine wool, high-quality dye

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 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

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

Very Fine Turkmen 'Torba' (Ak-Su Pattern), Turkmenistan, first half 19th century, wool/part-cotton/wool, approx. 70 x 33 cm, condition: 2-3 (good condition), remarkable very fine knotting (asymmetric

Tekke Tent Band Fragment 185 x 27 cm (6' 1" x 11") Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: fragment, scattered small holes and missing parts, scattered small repairs, signs of use, backed wit

Tekke Torba 119 x 40 cm (3' 11" x 1' 4") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition: very good, full pile, minor small repairs, selvages rebound Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool Provenance: Ge

Tekke Torba 108 x 43 cm (3' 7" x 1' 5") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition: good, both sides incomplete and selvages rebound, several small old repairs, good pile Warp: wool, weft: wool,

Tekke Torba 114 x 42 cm (3' 9" x 1' 5") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition: good, upper end partially damaged, both sides incomplete, selvages rebound, scattered low pile Warp: wool, wef

Tekke Torba 121 x 34 cm (4' x 1' 1") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition: very good, lower end slightly incomplete, scattered small repairs, both sides restored Warp: wool, weft: wool, pi

Tekke Torba 130 x 45 cm (4' 3" x 1' 6") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition: very good, minor small repairs Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool Provenance: German private collection