Khiva Silk Workshops
Collection: Design:

Design: Aksakal Behzad
Size: 2.38m x 1.46m
Date: 2005
Aksakal Behzad (Old Men Behzad)
Named after the group of old men sitting around the carpet, this is another of Behzad's paintings.
Design: Aksakal Behzad
Design: Alti Buchek
Alti Buchek (Hexagon)
This design illustrates Shirin receiving a portrait of Husrov, part of an epic love story found in Nizami's Hamza.
Design: Alti Buchek
Size: 1.85m x 1.36m
Date: 2003
Design: Alti Buchek
Size: 1.65m x 1.23m
Date: 2006
Design: Alti Buchek
Size: 1.3m x 1.94m
Date: 2007
Design: Alti Buchek
Design: Alti Buchek
Design: Alti Buchek
Date: 2004
Design: Alti Buchek
Design: Alti Buchek
Design: Bahram Gur
Bahram Gur
The original Timruid manuscript for this rug is now in the Royal Asiatic Collection, London, and can be viewed in their catalogue.
Design: Bahram Gur
Size: 1.35m x 1.32m
Date: 2004
Design: Bahram Gur
Design: Bahram Gur
Design: Behzad
Size: 2.14m x 1.4m
Date: 2004
Behzad
One of the earliest demonstrations of a madallion-style in Timurid carpets, this miniature was painted by Behzad, prince of painters.
Design: Behzad
Size: 3.56m x 2.26m
Date: 2005
Design: Behzad
Size: 2.26m x 3.56m
Date: 2005
Design: Benaki
Benaki
This design is named after the only surviving Timurid carpet fragment we know about, currently on exhibit in the Benaki museum in Greece. As there is no border in the original fragment, we have woven it with a number of different classical Timurid borders.
Design: Benaki
Size: 2.38m x 1.38m
Date: 2003
Design: Benaki
Size: 1.7m x 1.16m
Date: 2004
Design: Benaki
Size: 1.77m x 1.18m
Date: 2005
Design: Benaki
Size: 1.65m x 1.17m
Date: 2006
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Beshik
Size: 1.68m x 1.3m
Date: 2005
Beshik (Cradle)
This design is named after the cradle sitting on the design. It is a classical Timurid carpet.
Design: Beshik
Size: 1.24m x 1.82m
Date: 2006
Design: Beshik
Size: 1.24m x 1.82m
Date: 2006
Design: Burgut
Size: 1.98m x 1.4m
Date: 2006
Burgut
This design, named after the falconer sitting on the carpet, comes from a miniature frontispiece depicting the coronation of Amir Timur in Balkh.
Design: Farkhad
Size: 1.33m x 1.7m
Date: 2004
Farkhad
This Timurid design is named after the main character in an epic Persian love story. Although the carpets are barely visible in the banqueting scene, there is enough there for us to use the design.
Design: Farkhad
Size: 1.49m x 1.25m
Date: 2006
Design: Holbein
Size: 2.72m x 1.46m
Date: 2005
Holbein
This rug is actually an amalgamation of a few rugs found in Holbein paintings. Whilst the field design usually remained the same in all cases, there were small changes in the minor borders. Although woven in Anatolia, the Kufic borders display their Timurid heritage.
Design: Holbein
Size: 1.64m x 1.23m
Date: 2006
Design: Holbein
Size: 1.44m x 1.96m
Date: 2007
Design: Humayan
Humayan
This design comes from an earlier Timurid miniature, recording in lavish detail the wedding festivities of Humayan.
Design: Humayan
Design: Humayan
Size: 1.92m x 1.34m
Date: 2004
Design: Humayan
Design: Humayan
Design: Husrov
Size: 1.68m x 1.27m
Date: 2005
Husrov
The tragic love story of Husrov and Shirin is the Eastern equivalent of Romeo and Juliet. In this miniature Husrov meets with the Khan.
Design: Husrov
Size: 1.18m x 1.5m
Date: 2006
Design: Husrov
Design: Husrov Shirin
Size: 1.51m x 1.185m
Date: 2005
Husrov Shirin
Taken from a Timurid miniature depicting Husrov meeting Shirin.
Design: Isfandir
Size: 2.05m x 1.87m
Date: 2005
Isfandir
This classical Timurid piece comes from a miniature from the mid fifteenth century.
Design: Iskandir
Size: 1.7m x 1.36m
Date: 2003
Iskandir
This design comes from a manuscript now in posession of the Royal Asiatic Society in London.
Design: Lotto
Size: 1.78m x 1.25m
Date: 2004
Lotto
Like the Holbein rug, this design was produced in Anatolia and appears in Rennaisance paintings. Its border demonstrate its Timurid heritage. The design is the forebear of the modern and more floral ushak carpets produced in Turkey today.
Design: Mehmon
Size: 3m x 2m
Date: 2003
Mehmon (Guest)
The design is based on a miniature often attributed to Behzad.
Design: Mehmon
Size: 1.82m x 1.32m
Date: 2006
Design: Mehmon
Design: Mirza Borg
Size: 2.56m x 1.93m
Date: 2003
Mirza Borg (Prime Minister's Garden)
The design comes from a late Timurid piece. Already the borders appear more Safavid in style.
Design: Moghul
Size: 1.81m x 1.5m
Date: 2004
Moghul
This unusual carpet appears in a 16th century Moghul miniature. Whilst the field design is clearly Timurid, the border in the miniature has been changed. We have woven it with the Alti Buchek border.
Design: Mongol
Size: 1.77m x 1.24m
Date: 2005
Mongol
This miniature depicting the funeral of Alexander the Great precedes the Timurid period and is a mongolian miniature.
Design: Mongol
Design: Mongol
Design: Narda
Size: 2.3m x 1.22m
Date: 2004
Narda (Backgammon)
Named after the game backgammon, this design is taken from a classical Timurid miniature.
Design: Narda
Size: 1.71m x 1.31m
Date: 2006
Design: Narda
Design: Pod Shox
Size: 2.46m x 1.91m
Date: 2005
Pod Shox
This miniature - the frontcover of the Turks exhibition at the Royal Academy in London - is part of the Topkapi collection in Istanbul. The rug design is unique as the border on either side of the seated Pod-Shox is different in the original miniature.
Design: Rustam
Size: 2.1m x 1.36m
Date: 2004
Rustam
Although the reclining figure of Rustam covers most of the carpet, there is just enough pattern tesselation visible for us to copy the design onto graphpaper.
Design: Shah Rukh
Size: 2.23m x 1.57m
Date: 2003
Shah Rukh
Tamerlane's son, Shah Rukh, founded the Herati school of miniature painting where this, and many other miniatures were painted. The design demonstrates a masterful use of shape and colour.
Design: Shah Rukh
Design: Shapur
Size: 1.85m x 1.38m
Date: 2004
Shapur
A design taken from Nizami's Hamza and illustrating the love story of Husrov and Shirin. It was Shapur who introduced them to each other.
Design: Shirin
Size: 1.695m x 1.2m
Date: 2005
Shirin
Named after the heroine of Nizami's Hamza, here Shirin awaits news of her beloved Husrov. The design is classical Timurid.
Design: Shirin
Design: Shirin
Design: Shirin
Design: Shirin
Design: Tahmineh
Size: 1.92m x 1.45m
Date: 2005
Tahmineh
Another classical Timurid design
Design: Tahmineh
Size: 1.83m x 1.29m
Date: 2006
Design: Tengi Gul
Size: 1.88m x 1.45m
Date: 2005
Tengi Gul (Money Flower)
This is a classical Timurid design.
Design: Timurid Joy Namaz
Size: 1.1m x 0.85m
Date: 2004
We decided not to weave the entire communal prayer carpet, shrinking the border and using just one panel to make these smaller prayer rugs.
Timurid Joy Namaz (Timurid Prayer Mat)
This design is taken from one panel of the communal prayer carpet in this miniature.