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Turkmen

Browse Heirloom's collection of Turkmen rugs

A richly patterned Tekke Turkmen ensi, traditionally woven as a door hanging for the entrance of a yurt. The classic four-part composition gives the piece its architectural quality, with paneled fields, vertical divisions, and layered borders that echo the idea of a threshold.

Antique Tekke Turkmen Ensi Rug - 4'9 x 5'3

This Saryk turkmen aestetics was woven in Turkmenistan during the late 19th century.

It features a repeat field of octagonal main guls and cruciform minor guls on a richly colored plum ground. The back showcases Tekke sensibility, with tightly packed asymmetric knots, high warp depression, and deeply toned red wefting—all hallmarks of classic 19th-century Tekke craftsmanship. The borders are dense and harmonious, filled with geometric detailing and anchored by elegant guards.

Antique Saryk Turkmen Rug - 4’9 x 7'6

This Tekke main rug was handwoven during the first quarter of the 20th century in Turkmenistan.

The field features a grid rounded main guls in apricot, indigo, turquoise and ivory on vibrant red ground. The space between the grid is filled with rows of cruciform shaped secondary guls. In a rare square format that allows for very luxurious and open spacing of the guls.

Tekke Turkmen Main Rug - 6’9 x 7'

This Tekke Turkmen rug was handwoven during the second quarter of the 20th century in Turkmenistan.

The field features a grid of rounded main guls in various shades of brown, tan, bone and wheat on faded copper tone ground. The space between the grid is filled with rows of cruciform shaped secondary guls. It is encapsulated by a border of rams head filled octagons and finished with skirts of latch-hooked zigzags.

Washed Out Square Tekke Turkmen Rug - 8’3 x 8’8

$4,500.00 Sold out

Red and Yellow Striped Turkmen Robe - 3’5 x 4’5

Red and Yellow Striped Turkmen Robe - 3’5 x 4’5

$350.00 Sold out

A hand sewn vintage silk chapan or overcoat from the Turkmen of Northern Afghanistan.

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Red and Black Striped Turkmen Robe - 3’5 x 4’8

This lovely chapan is crafted from crimson striped silk. It is embellished with fine black, white, and yellow embroidery around its perimeter and up the sides. The embroidery is well executed more ornate than is standard for this type. There are three lovely floral forms on the bottom right and left of the jacket that also set it apart. A blue printed liner adds another element of interest.

Turkmen Robe with Detailed Embroidery - 3’5 x 4’5

This lovely chapan is crafted from green wool. It is embroidered with an array of tones including black, red, white, orange and purple around its perimeter and up the sides. The tendrils of a tree of life or other plant form are found aroudn the slits on both sides. A red printed floral liner adds another element of interest.

Green Turkmen Robe - 4’2 x 4’10

$350.00 Sold out

These trouser cuffs were handmade in Turkmenistan during the 20th Century. Turkmen women traditionally wear colorful ankle length dresses with baggy trousers in contrasting color and decorated bands. These trousers feature wonderful detailed embroidery bands near the ankles in blue, red, green and ivory on a magenta cloth.

Magenta Turkmen Trouser Cuffs - 1’6 x 1’6

These trouser cuffs were handmade in Turkmenistan during the 20th Century. Turkmen women traditionally wear colorful ankle length dresses with baggy trousers in contrasting color and decorated bands. These trousers feature wonderful detailed embroidery bands near the ankles in blue, red, orange, green and ivory on a striped magenta cloth. The backing floral print cloth is visible.

Striped Turkmen Trouser Fragments - 1’7 x 1’8

SILK KINTSUGI A soulful early Ersari Turkmen rug, measuring with a beautifully aged surface and a striking contemporary repair. The field is arranged with large-scale Turkmen guls in a soft, time-muted palette of deep red, brown, indigo, charcoal, and ivory. Years of wear have softened the design, giving the rug a quiet, atmospheric quality while still preserving the rhythm and strength of its original tribal composition.

Kintsugi Silk Repaired Ersari Turkmen - 5’6 x 7'2

Antique Turkmen Chuval Rug - 3'2 x 5'3

Antique Turkmen Chuval Rug - 3'2 x 5'3

$450.00 Sold out

A chyrpy is a long robe of embroidered silk that Tekke women wear over the head and shoulders with false, decorative sleeves. These are ceremonial garments to be worn on special occasions. This chyrpy features abstracted floral forms stitched in yellow, ivory aubergine and red silk on black ground. It is lined with cotton that is blockprinted with boteh and scrolling leaves.

Tekke Turkmen Chyrpy

$1,250.00 Sold out

This Ersari Turkmen rug was woven during the first quarter of the 20th century in Northern Afghanistan. It features a traditional Ersari gül design with a soft palette of turqoise and indigo on a soft and faded brick red ground with accents of natural undyed brown and ivory wool. More skeletal and interconnected secondary gülsfill in the space between the main guls.

Antique Ersari Turkmen - 8'10 x 11'

$2,500.00 Sold out

This Anitque Yomud Turkmen Rug features an allover design of red and white

Antique Yomud Turkmen Rug - 6'6 x 10'10

$4,500.00 Sold out

Beshir Turkmen rug handwoven along the Amu Darya river in Central Asia. It features one large central medallion and four smaller medallions on the top and bottom of this wide and narrow format which is common for type. The medallions sit at an all over design of an abstracted herati variation with wide leaves, rounded rosettes and arrow like forms. various borders of tulips, evil eyes and eight pointed rosettes.

Beshir Turkmen Rug - 6'1 x 12'9

$2,750.00 Sold out

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