Turkoman Beshir

A striking Afghan all-over pattern Turkoman rug, knotted by hand with hand-carded, hand-spun, vegetable-dyed wool.

A classic Beshir design rooted in a centuries-old Turkoman weaving tradition that flourished in the middle Amu Darya valley of Central Asia, where Beshir and Ersari weavers developed a distinctive and unusually varied design vocabulary. The rhythmic lattice of elongated diamond motifs and geometric medallions is set within a warm madder-red field, framed by traditional tribal borders including stylized flowering plants and geometric symbols.