Turkmen Main Carpets

An Exhibition by Seref Ozen at Cocoon, Istanbul

Turkmen weavings were one of the main catalysts for Seref Ozen's interest in rugs and textiles and over the years he has developed a reputation as one of the premier dealers sourcing and offering anything Central Asian. The pieces shown here are a selection from over 30 diverse Turkmen and other Central Asian main carpets exhibeted in the spring of 2007 with accompanying ensis, bags and trappings.

1. Yomut group carpet with chuval guls (detail)

2. Yomut Chodoresque carpet with torba guls

3. Yomut group carpet with dyrnak guls and ashik variant border (detail)

4. Yomut group carpet with dyrnak guls and tree elems.

4. Yomut group carpet with dyrnak guls and tree elems (detail)

5. Yomut group main carpet with dyrnak guls and syrga border

5. Yomut group main carpet with dyrnak guls and syrga border (detail)

6. Yomut group carpet with "c" centered kepse guls

6. Yomut group carpet with "c" centered kepse guls (detail)

7. Yomut group carpet with kepse guls and ashik variant elem with stripes

7. Yomut group carpet with kepse guls and ashik variant elem with stripes (detail)

8. Yomut group carpet with kepse guls and boat variant border

8. Yomut group carpet with kepse guls and boat variant border (detail)

9. Yomut group carpet with kepse guls

9. Yomut group carpet with kepse guls (detail)

10. Yomut group carpet with tauk nuska guls

10. Yomut group carpet with tauk nuska guls (detail)

11. Chodor main carpet with kushli type ertmen guls (detail)

12. Chodor main carpet with pinwheel type ertmen guls

12. Chodor main carpet with pinwheel type ertmen guls (detail)

13. Chodor group main carpet with repeating ashik field

13. Chodor group main carpet with repeating ashik field (detail)

14. Tekke main carpet with kurbaghe minor guls

14. Tekke main carpet with kurbaghe minor guls (detail)

15. Ersari group or “Bashir” carpet with mina-khani field

15. Ersari group or “Bashir” carpet with mina-khani field (detail)

16. Ersari group or “Bashir” long carpet with ikat type patterns

16. Ersari group or “Bashir” long carpet with ikat type patterns (detail)

17. Ersari group or “Bashir” carpet with a Persianate fields

17. Ersari group or “Bashir” carpet with a Persianate field (detail)

18. Ersari group or “Bashir” carpet with abstract tessellated field

18. Ersari group or “Bashir” carpet with abstract tessellated field (detail)

19. Ersari group or “Bashir” long carpet with tessellated triangular tile field

19. Ersari group or “Bashir” long carpet with tessellated triangular tile field (detail)

20. Ersari group main carpet with guli-guls and Salor-type borders

20. Ersari group main carpet with guli-guls and Salor-type borders (detail)

21. Ersari group main carpet with guli-guls and striped kilim ends

21. Ersari group main carpet with guli-guls and striped kilim ends (detail)

22. Ersari group main carpet with tauk-nuska variant guls

22. Ersari group main carpet with tauk-nuska variant guls (detail)

23. Central Asian Uzbek group carpet woven in four separate bands

23. Central Asian Uzbek group carpet woven in four separate bands (detail)

24. Central Asian carpet Uzbek group carpet with diamond lattice (borders woven separately from field)

24. Central Asian carpet Uzbek group carpet with diamond lattice (borders woven separately from field) (detail)