It is in East, in the populations nomads, that the carpet was born and that it developed. At first tied up on horizontal looms, the carpets of the become populations sedentary are then tied up on vertical looms.
The carpets of Turkmen tribes nomads of Central Asia kept the tradition of the work on horizontal looms. Their style is always geometrical and abstracted, the knot is asymmetric or symmetric according to tribes.
Kepsy Gül (Yomoud), XIXth century
Chasavan, XIXth century
Tekke, Saryk, Salor, Yomud, Ersari, Bechir..., the gallery La Route de la Soie presents a rich collection of rugs of the Turkmen tribes, collection begun in Afghanistan there is numerous years by the family Haydari. You will find in the gallery as well rare piec of escollection as more recent pieces.
Asmalyk (Yomoud), XIXth century
Torba (Tekke), XIXth century