Turkmenistan Carpet

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Turkmenistan Carpet
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General information
NameTurkmen Carpet
Original nameفرش ترکمنستان، قالی ترکمنستان
Alternative name(s)Turkmen Rug
Origin Turkmenistan
Technical information
Common designsTurkoman, Geometric
Common colorsRed


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

  1. Stone, 2013, 289

Bibliography

  • Peter F. Stone. 2013. Oriental Rugs: An Illustrated Lexicon of Motifs, Materials, and Origins. North Clarendon: Tuttle.