Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Teke Wedding Rug to the 1870s.
This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.
Wedding-rugs were highly-prized possessions and never intended for sale. Sadly, as the tribes entered the tweentieth century, money might have been scarce and it woulkd have been required to sell their best weavings.
Also, with the Russian advance into Turkmenistan at the end of the 19th century and the massacre of Teke tribes at Merv, many rugs were plundered and eventually sold in the Russian markets. This might have been one of them!
In very good condition, the rug has a madder-red ground and depicting three columns of seven small Teke guls or tribal crests. Particularly attractive are the 'elems' or skirts at each end and complete.
Size: 1.07m x 1.01m (3' 6" x 3' 4").
Brian MacDonald Antique Rugs & Carpets has dated this Antique Teke Wedding Rug to the 1870s.
This is an independent date report produced by Sellingantiques using its own proprietary system. The process uses the photographs shown on this page. The system is never told the date the dealer has declared. This report shows that the two dates corroborate.
Dealing in antique and old tribal rugs, dowry weavings and decorative carpets from the near east and central asia since 1979.
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Antique Turkmen Wedding Rug, Teke Tribes, Merv Oasis, Turkmenistan, Central Asia.
