Vintage Turkish Rug engsi by weavers carrying skills passed

by weavers carrying skills passed down within their village for generations

Stock Number: BR1570

rich colours and flatware texture

The design is bold and geometric

a weaving village in the Hamadan province of western Iran

Vintage Turkish Rug engsi by weavers carrying skills passedThis rug comes from Turkey, one of the oldest and most varied rug weaving traditions in the world. Turkish weaving spans an enormous range, from the refined city workshops of Istanbul and Hereke to the bold tribal rugs of the Anatolian villages and nomadic Kurdish weavers working across the mountainous interior. What unites them is a directness of design and a structural solidity that is distinctly Turkish. Turkish rugs are hand knotted using the