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
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Design: Alti Buchek Date: 2004
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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
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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
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Design: Benaki
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Design: Benaki
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Design: Benaki
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Design: Benaki
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Design: Benaki
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Design: Benaki
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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
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Design: Ghuncha Gul
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Design: Ghuncha Gul
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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
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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
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Design: Perda Gul
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Design: Perda Gul
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Design: Perda Gul
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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
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Design: Tolken
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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
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Design: Tosh Gul
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Design: Tosh Gul
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Design: Tosh Gul
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