Turkestan introduces a new collection focused on the origins of the carpets and kilims and their designs and textile structures. Their simple motifs or their harsh knots do not diminish the value of these pieces – quite the opposite, they enhance their aesthetic potential and bring the eastern cultures closer to us. We encourage you to visit this brief tour, ranging from the Tülü’s mild technique to the stirring simplicity of the Gabbeh.
The Gabbeh, the Zigorat and the Kashkuli carpets undoubtedly represent the traditional compositions made by the Iranian nomadic tribes. These cultures not only capture their geographical environment in their carpets, but also they express their collective imagination by using primary colours and basic shapes: rhombus, rhomboids, squares or schematic animal figures.
The Turkish Tülü carpets are, most probably, the most similar kind of carpet one could find nowadays compared to the first carpets ever created. They are woven using coarse knots and dispersed, unspun wool. For thousands of years, the nomadic peoples used them as cloths they could easily carry around and with which keep themselves warm at night.
The Caprino are elemental kilims composed by the Iranian nomadic tribes to cover up their haima (tents). They are woven using goat hair warp and weft, a very resistant and waterproof fibre, and afterwards some ornamental motifs are added using regular sheep wool.
The Banneh are kilims woven by the women from the Mazandaran region for domestic purposes. They are composed in narrow looms and, later, the stripes are bound together depending on the needs. The compositions tend to combine several plain color bands and they achieve a great aesthetic beauty through this minimalist feature.
