Design: Afandi Gul Size: 0.58m x 0.57m Date: 2006
This was one of the first tiny carpets we made. | Afandi Gul This design comes from a door in a small side street, very near to the Carpet Workshop. |
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: Alti Buchek Size: 1.85m x 1.36m Date: 2003
| 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: 1.65m x 1.23m Date: 2006
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Design: Alti Buchek Size: 1.3m x 1.94m Date: 2007
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Design: Arkanchi Size: 1.2m x 1.14m Date: 2004
| Arkanchi (Rope Maker) This design appears on an old carved wooden door now fitted into the Arkanchi hotel, founded by a rope-maker. |
Design: Arkanchi Size: 1.17m x 1.18m Date: 2006
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Design: Arkanchi Size: 1.2m x 1.2m Date: 2012
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Design: Arzxona Tortmush Size: 2.35m x 1.15m Date: 2005
| Arzxona Tortmush (Courtroom Square) This design is taken from tiles in the courtyard of the Khiva Khan's Old Fortress. |
Design: Bahram Gur Size: 1.35m x 1.32m Date: 2004
| 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: 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
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Design: Behzad Size: 2.26m x 3.56m Date: 2005
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Design: Benaki Size: 2.38m x 1.38m Date: 2003
| 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: 1.7m x 1.16m Date: 2004
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Design: Benaki Size: 1.77m x 1.18m Date: 2005
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Design: Benaki Size: 1.65m x 1.17m Date: 2006
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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
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Design: Beshik Size: 1.24m x 1.82m Date: 2006
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Design: Bogcha Gul Size: 1.7m x 1.19m Date: 2005
| Bogcha Gul This design is taken from a door to a large house in the old town. |
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: Divanbegi Size: 2.08m x 1.24m Date: 2005
| Divanbegi (Prime Minister) This design comes from the front door to the Prime Minister's Madrassah. |
Design: Divanbegi Size: 1.95m x 1.45m Date: 2005
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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
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Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 0.97m x 0.76m Date: 2006
| Ghuncha Gul (Blossom Flower) This design comes from a door found in a madrassah now used by the Red Crescent. |
Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 0.63m x 0.61m Date: 2006
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Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 80m x 1.03m Date: 2007
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Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 1.57m x 1.07m Date: 2003
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Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 2.6m x 1.91m Date: 2004
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Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 1.53m x 1.1m Date: 2004
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Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 1.66m x 1.24m Date: 2005
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Design: Ghuncha Gul Size: 1.74m x 1.27m Date: 2006
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Design: Harem Kopa Size: 2.14m x 1.45m Date: 2005
| Harem Kopa (Harem Door) This design comes from a carved door inside the Stone Palace Harem. |
Design: Harem Kopa Size: 2.57m x 1.43m Date: 2005
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Design: Harem Kopa Size: 1.37m x 2.28m Date: 2007
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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
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Design: Holbein Size: 1.44m x 1.96m Date: 2007
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Design: Hon Gul Size: 1.55m x 1.27m Date: 2005
A visitor asked us if we could make this carpet from a photo she had taken in the Stone Palace. This is our first "ceiling" carpet. | Hon Gul This design is from a small ceiling in the Stone Palace. |
Design: Humayan Size: 1.92m x 1.34m Date: 2004
| Humayan This design comes from an earlier Timurid miniature, recording in lavish detail the wedding festivities of 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
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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: Jacob Bai Size: 1.92m x 1.19m Date: 2005
| Jacob Bai This design comes from the front door of the Jacob Bai Hoja madrassah, which is now our workshop! |
Design: Jacob Bai Size: 1.5m x 1.38m Date: 2006
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Design: Kar Gul Size: 1.6m x 1.37m Date: 2004
| Kar Gul (Snow Flower) This design is taken from tiles found in the Harem of the Stone Palace in Khiva. |
Design: Kopa Size: 1.28m x 1.21m Date: 2003
| Kopa (Door) The design comes from the backdoor to the Feruz Khan Madrassah but also appears in various tiles and in the Stone Palace courtyard door. |
Design: Kopa Tolken Size: 1.74m x 0.785m Date: 2004
| Kopa Tolken (Door Waves) The design comes from a carved wooden side door to the main Friday Mosque. |
Design: Kopa Tolken
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Design: Kopa Tolken Size: 1.53m x 1.11m Date: 2006
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Design: Kopa Yulduz Size: 1.93m x 1.27m Date: 2005
| Kopa Yulduz (Star) The design comes from a carved wooden door found in the Old Fortress summer mosque. |
Design: Kopa Yulduz Size: 1.2m x 1.16m Date: 2005
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Design: Kopa Yulduz Size: 1.2m x 1.53m Date: 2007
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Design: Kumbatcha Size: 2.03m x 1.65m Date: 2003
| Kumbatcha (Spire) This design is taken from the hospitality courtyard of the Stone Palace in Khiva. |
Design: Kunya Ark Joy Namaz Size: 1.14m x 0.81m Date: 2004
| Kunya Ark Joy Namaz (Kunya Ark Prayer Rug) A prayer rug design taken from tiles in the courtyard of the Khiva Khan's old fortress. |
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: Majolica Joy Namaz Size: 1.45m x 0.95m Date: 2003
| Majolica Joy Namaz (Majolica Prayer Rug) This prayer rug design is based on tiles found in the courtyard of the Khiva Khan's old fortress. |
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
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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: 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
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Design: Olma Gul Size: 2.67m x 1.9m Date: 2004
| Olma Gul (Apple Flower) This design is based on tiles found in the Harem of the Khiva Khan's Stone palace as well as numerous Madrassahs. |
Design: Olma Gul Size: 1.19m x 1.06m Date: 2005
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Design: Olma Gul Size: 0.63m x 0.61m Date: 2006
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Design: Orta Tolken Size: 1.86m x 1.39m Date: 2005
| Orta Tolken (Medium Wave) This design is taken from the carved wooden door of a small mosque behind the Pahklavan Mahmud Mausoleum. |
Design: Ota Darvaza Size: 1.45m x 1.45m Date: 2005
| Ota Darvaza (Grandfather Gate) This design appears in the first set of double doors found in the Grandfather's Gate entrance to the walled city. |
Design: Ota Darvaza
This particular version of the design includes the Arab script inscribed in the original door. |
Design: Ota Darvaza Size: 1.5m x 1.47m Date: 2006
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Design: Pakhlavan Joy Namaz Size: 1.71m x 1.14m Date: 2004
| Pakhlavan Joy Namaz (Pakhlavan Mahmud Prayer Rug) This design is taken from tiles found in the main chamber of the Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum. |
Design: Pakhlavan Yulduz Size: 2.1m x 2.05m Date: 2004
| Pakhlavan Yulduz (Pakhlavan Star) This design is taken from the tiling found in the inner chamber of the Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum. |
Design: Perda Gul Size: 2.47m x 1.58m Date: 2005
| Perda Gul (Lattice Flower) This design comes from the lattice design found in a door leading to the Khan's harem in the Stone Palace. |
Design: Perda Gul Size: 1.33m x 1.67m Date: 2006
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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: Ramka Size: 1.71m x 1.23m Date: 2005
| Ramka (Frame) This design is based on carved wooden borders taken from a variety of doors in Khiva. |
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: Said Allaudin Size: 1.76m x 1.27m Date: 2003
| Said Allaudin This design is taken from the tiling found on the tomb of Said Allaudin. These tiles - the oldest in Khiva - bear strong resemblence to Timurid carpet borders. |
Design: Sajda Gul Size: 1.62m x 1.22m Date: 2003
| Sajda Gul This design is taken from a beautiful carved door inlaid with ivory and coral partitioning the inner and outer chamber of the Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum. |
Design: Sajda Gul Size: 1.53m x 1.155m Date: 2003
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Design: Sajda Gul Size: 2.12m x 1.5m Date: 2006
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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: 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: Tahmineh Size: 1.92m x 1.45m Date: 2005
| Tahmineh Another classical Timurid design |
Design: Tahmineh Size: 1.83m x 1.29m Date: 2006
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Design: Tengi Gul Size: 1.88m x 1.45m Date: 2005
| Tengi Gul (Money Flower) This is a classical Timurid design. |
Design: Tilla Kopa Size: 1.88m x 1.31m Date: 2004
| Tilla Kopa (Mint Door) This design is taken from the door to the Khan's mint in the Old Fortress. |
Design: Tilla Kopa Size: 1.88m x 1.43m Date: 2005
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Design: Tilla Kopa Size: 1.88m x 1.4m Date: 2006
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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. |
Design: Tolken Size: 2.91m x 2.09m Date: 2005
| Tolken This design is based on tiles found on the walls of the Old Fortress couryard. |
Design: Tolken Size: 2.13m x 1.98m Date: 2005
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Design: Tolken Size: 0.75m x 0.68m Date: 2006
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Design: Tolken Size: 1.86m x 1.02m Date: 2004
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Design: Tomchi Gul Size: 2.75m x 1.94m Date: 2005
| Tomchi Gul This design is taken from the tiling found on the walls of the Old Fortress courtyard. |
Design: Tortmush Jacob Bai Size: 0.53m x 0.53m Date: 2006
| Tortmush Jacob Bai (Square Jacob Bai) This design comes from the door to our Carpet Workshop! |
Design: Tosh Hovli Kopa Size: 1.94m x 1.595m Date: 2004
| Tosh Hovli Kopa (Stone Fortress Door) This design is taken from a door in the Khan's Old Fortress. |
Design: Ulug Yulduz Size: 2.13m x 2.09m Date: 2004
| Ulug Yulduz (Big Star) This design comes from tiles found inside the courtyard ayvan of the Stone Palace. |
Design: Yulduz
| Yulduz (Star) This design appears in a number of carved wooden doors, including the front gates to the Old Fortress and the Feruz Khan Madrassah. |
Design: Yulduz Size: 1.61m x 1.31m Date: 2006
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