Elephant Foot Afghan Rugs

Many of the afghan rugs are also woven by afghan refugees who reside in pakistan.

Elephant foot afghan rugs.

The turkmen carpet museum which preserves examples of the original turkmen tribal rugs is located in ashgabat. Another favorite is derived from the ersari main carpet with the octagonal elephant s foot design. In 2008 2013 and 2014 afghan rug won international awards which is held every year in hamburg germany. Beginning of a dialog window including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account.

The afghan rugs are mostly assembled in northern and western afghanistan by various ethnic. In the trade it is called simply afghan or dulatabad. 6 8 x 2 9 ft handmade rug afghan rug runner rug turkmen rug tribal rug oriental rug elephant foot rug vintage rugs hand knotted kilim turkmentribalcarpets from shop turkmentribalcarpets. 2 7 x15 8 elephant feet design mori bokara xl runner natural wool rug g55041.

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The old name in common usage was turkoman rugs but the trend today is to drop turkoman rugs in favor of turkmen rugs because turkmen is the accepted english translation of the name of the people and their language. Brief history of turkoman rugs. Red afghan rug 100 wool 116 x 83cm perfect original oriental rug elephant foot. Signature afghan patterns include the göls elephant foot like pattern and octagonal pattern eight shaped often with curvilinear flowers in dark blue ochre and beige whilst pakistani carpets are typically known for their mori bhokara patterns.

Many afghan rugs with the traditional turkmen design are made by ethnic turkmens living in this country. An afghan rug or afghan carpet is a type of handwoven floor covering textile traditionally made in afghanistan. Handmade afghan elephant foot design tribal accent camel rug red black 3x6. As a group we now call them turkmen rugs.

The quintessential afghan carpet of the past fifty years is a wool on wool product with a repeated octagonal figure often inaccurately called elephant s foot on a red field.