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BUKHARA HAND KNOTTED RUNNER, 3.3 x 10.2 - $650 (Mechanicsville - Studley)
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
Pakistan
model name / number:
Bukhara Runner
size / dimensions:
3ft 3in x 10ft 2in, 15.2lbs
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Bukhara Tekke Rugs are the floor covering woven by the Tekke Turkmen, who are the major population group of Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran. Although elements of the tribe still migrated with their flocks until the Soviet era, most of them were sedentary during the 20th century. Their rugs are the most easily identifiable among the Turkmen, as the quartered gul (characteristic motif) of their larger carpets has become something of a trademark of the tribe and has frequently been copied in other rug-weaving areas. Tekke rugs almost always show various shades of red as a field color and are all wool except for patches of pink silk on some of the earlier pieces. The best of them are the most finely woven of Turkmen rugs, with short pile and lustrous, soft wool.