Khiva Silk Workshops
Collection: Design:

Design: Afandi Gul
Afandi Gul
This design comes from a door in a small side street, very near to the Carpet Workshop.
Design: Aksakal Behzad
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
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
Design: Alti Buchek
Date: 2004
Design: Arik Gul
Arik Gul (Apricot Flower)
This design comes from a carved wooden door
Design: Arkanchi
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
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: 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
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Benaki
Design: Ghuncha Gul
Ghuncha Gul (Blossom Flower)
This design comes from a door found in a madrassah now used by the Red Crescent.
Design: Ghuncha Gul
Design: Ghuncha Gul
Design: Ghuncha Gul
Design: Humayan
Humayan
This design comes from an earlier Timurid miniature, recording in lavish detail the wedding festivities of Humayan.
Design: Husrov
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: Jacob Bai
Jacob Bai
This design comes from the front door of the Jacob Bai Hoja madrassah, which is now our workshop!
Design: Mongol
Mongol
This miniature depicting the funeral of Alexander the Great precedes the Timurid period and is a mongolian miniature.
Design: Olma Gul
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
Design: Pakhlavan Joy Namaz
Pakhlavan Joy Namaz (Pakhlavan Mahmud Prayer Rug)
This design is taken from tiles found in the main chamber of the Pakhlavan Mahmud Mausoleum.
Design: Perda Gul
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
Design: Perda Gul
Design: Perda Gul
Design: Perda Gul
Design: Shirin
Shirin
Named after the heroine of Nizami's Hamza, here Shirin awaits news of her beloved Husrov. The design is classical Timurid.
Design: Tolken
Tolken
This design is based on tiles found on the walls of the Old Fortress couryard.
Design: Tolken
Design: Tolken
Design: Tosh Gul
Tosh Gul (Stone Flower)
Taken from a door lintel in the Tosh Hovli, Stone Court. It was through this door that the Khan of Khiva was able to secretly visit his harem.
Design: Tosh Gul
Design: Tosh Gul
Design: Tosh Gul
Design: Tosh Gul