Turkmenistan Carpet
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Turkmenistan Carpet | |
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General information | |
Name | Turkmen Carpet |
Original name | فرش ترکمنستان، قالی ترکمنستان |
Alternative name(s) | Turkmen Rug |
Origin | Turkmenistan |
Technical information | |
Common designs | Turkoman, Geometric |
Common colors | Red |
Turkmen Carpet or Turkmen Rug is one of the eastern rugs that woven in Turkmenistan.
Formerly the Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic; capital Ashkhabad. Bordered by the Caspian Sea on the west, Iran on the south, Afghanistan on the southeast, and Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the north and northeast. Turkmenistan is considered a part of Western Turkestan.[1]
References
- ↑ Stone, 2013, 289
Bibliography
- Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon: Tuttle.