Chodor 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.

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 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

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

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

Chodor prayer rug, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Turkmen prayer rugs that display a distinct mihrab arch are rare and only a handful have been published in notable collections. Some later one

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

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

Chodor Torba 110 x 44 cm (3' 7" x 1' 5") Turkmenistan, second half 19th century Condition: good, low pile in places, both sides and lower end slightly incomplete Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool

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 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

Yomut mafrash/kap, Turkmenistan, first half 19th century. Very similar to another fine mafrash in the Marsh Collection and possibly woven by weavers in the same region, this example displays three ver

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 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 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 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

Red Ground Karadashli Asmalyk 116 x 69 cm (3' 10" x 2' 3") Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: very good according to age, good pile, slight signs of use at upper end, minor small repairs

Complete Yomut Tent Band 1367 x 28 cm (44' 10" x 11") Turkmenistan, first half 19th century Condition: excellent Warp: wool, weft: wool, pile: wool with cotton and silk highlights In ornamentation, co