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Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen Torba with Rams Horn Design, Circa 1880.
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Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen Torba with Rams Horn Design, Circa 1880.

19th century
Description

Size: 3ft 11in x 1ft 7in (120 x 47cm) excluding tassels.

Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen torba with double rams horn design.

Circa 1880.

Torba are shallow wall bags used mainly in tents or yurts for the storage of personal belongings, they were also used to decorate the sides of a camel in a wedding procession. Often only the piled face survives and the plain weave backs have been removed as with this example.

This example has six rows of three double rams horn devices on a rose madder ground, note the row of stars along the base above the tassels.

The torba is in excellent condition with very slight even wear and good pile, most of the original tassels remain as do the hanging cords attached to the sides.

Stock Number: D-0070.

Physical Dimensions
Height
120cm (47.24")
Width
47cm (18.50")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Declaration

Cotswold Oriental Rugs has dated this Antique Ersari Beshir Torba to the 1880s.

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SA1081766
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D-0070
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Description
Size: 3ft 11in x 1ft 7in (120 x 47cm) excluding tassels.

Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen torba with double rams horn design.

Circa 1880.

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Torba are shallow wall bags used mainly in tents or yurts for the storage of personal belongings, they were also used to decorate the sides of a camel in a wedding procession.
Cotswold Oriental Rugs

Often only the piled face survives and the plain weave backs have been removed as with this example.

fig 1. A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps.
fig 1. Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen Torba with Rams Horn Design, Circa 1880.

This example has six rows of three double rams horn devices on a rose madder ground, note the row of stars along the base above the tassels.

The torba is in excellent condition with very slight even wear and good pile, most of the original tassels remain as do the hanging cords attached to the sides.

Stock Number: D-0070.

Height
120cm (47.24")
Width
47cm (18.50")
Depth
1cm (0.39")
Date of Manufacture

Cotswold Oriental Rugs has dated this Antique Ersari Beshir Torba to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1081766
Dealers Internal Ref
D-0070
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Archive I A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps.

Antique Ersari Beshir Turkmen Torba with Rams Horn Design, Circa 1880.

Archive II A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps. View II
Archive III A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps. View III
Archive IV A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps. View IV
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Archive VII A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps. View VII
Archive VIII A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps. View VIII
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A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps.
ANTIQUE ERSARI BESHIR TURKMEN TORBA WITH RAMS HORN DESIGN, CIRCA 1880.
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A hand-woven antique red wool Ersari Turkmen torba featuring geometric rams horn motifs, a long fringed lower edge, and braided side straps.
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A torba is a small, shallow, hand-woven storage bag traditionally created by nomadic Turkmen tribes, such as the Ersari, to store household goods inside tents or to transport belongings during nomadic migrations.

These pieces are hand-knotted using hand-spun sheeps wool for both the pile and foundation, often incorporating natural vegetable dyes to create deep terracotta red, navy, dark brown, and cream tones.

Authentic 19th-century examples feature hand-spun wool construction, natural dye variation, tight asymmetric knotting, geometric tribal motifs such as the rams horn design, and original woven handles or long wool fringes.

These small woven textiles are frequently mounted as framed textile art or displayed directly on a wall using original hanging straps to add rich texture, historic colour, and geometric pattern to contemporary spaces.

Display the textile away from direct sunlight to prevent natural dyes from fading, vacuum gently using suction only without a beater bar, and consult a professional textile conservator for specialized cleaning.
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