Elephant Foot Afghan Rugs

Many afghan rugs with the traditional turkmen design are made by ethnic turkmens living in this country.

Elephant foot afghan rugs. Many of the afghan rugs are also woven by afghan refugees who reside in pakistan. Children s rug short pile for children s bedroom moon elephant children s mo. Beginning of a dialog window including tabbed navigation to register an account or sign in to an existing account. Brief history of turkoman rugs.

An afghan rug or afghan carpet is a type of handwoven floor covering textile traditionally made in afghanistan. In the trade it is called simply afghan or dulatabad. Modern approx 6x4 120x170cm woven backed elephant rugs sale top quality beiges. 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.

In 2008 2013 and 2014 afghan rug won international awards which is held every year in hamburg germany. Earlier the rugs were called bukhara or afghan rugs. The turkmen carpet museum which preserves examples of the original turkmen tribal rugs is located in ashgabat. 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.

Couristan recife 3 9 x 5 5 rectangle area rugs in cocoa black 15881021039055t. Make offer couristan recife 3 9 x 5 5. Handmade afghan elephant foot design tribal accent camel rug red black 3x6. Both registration and sign in support using google and facebook.

Litymitzromq ultra soft indoor modern area rugs cartoon elephant pattern baby play mat pad crawling blanket carpet rug decor for children bedroom home decor nursery rugs elephant 4 2 out of 5 stars 35. Red afghan rug 100 wool 116 x 83cm perfect original oriental rug elephant foot. 2 7 x15 8 elephant feet design mori bokara xl runner natural wool rug g55041. As a group we now call them turkmen rugs.

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.