Turkoman rugs were formerly made in north of Persia, which is the most abundant anywhere, and in the ahal tekke tribe area, just north of Iran. Today this section is known as the Soviet State of Turkmen. The design is invariably geometric with a few rows of octagon design. Whether the rug is new or old it has never changed during the past two hundred years. The design between each rows of the main octagons is a row of smaller guls (geometric designs) with either the diamond shaped designs similar to the main motif in Bokharas. They always have a field in some shade of wine-red, hence just about every shade of wine is used; rose wine, rich burgundy, deep brownish win red. Generally, the design is in a black with a hint of green, deep blues and ivory shades. The borders are usually in the same colors as indicated above and the field is slightly a darker shade of red than the borders. Every single type of rugs from Turkoman has wool warp and weft. These rugs are made of quality wool and excellent dyes.

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