Woven in Hunza, Karakoram
Fine Turkmen Beshir Weave
New Carpets
1.84 m × 2 m
A fine Turkmen Beshir-style carpet, its glowing madder field worked with a dense lattice of small floral güls and framed by stacked diamond and rosette borders. The tight knotting and balanced colour reflect the workshop's Turkmen weaving lineage. Naturally dyed handspun wool; approximately 1.84 m × 2 m.
The tradition
Woven in Hunza, Karakoram
These are contemporary hand-knotted carpets made in the Hunza valley, where since 1995 young weavers have trained under Turkmen master weavers to bring classical pile-carpet knotting to Gilgit-Baltistan. The repertoire is deliberately broad — Persian tree-of-life panels, fine Turkmen-style weaves and Mughal-inspired field designs all sit within the workshop's output.
Each carpet is a fresh piece rather than an aged one, woven to order in handspun, naturally dyed wool and, on the finest examples, real silk. The result is a carpet that reads as classical in design but carries the clean colour and even pile of new, carefully supervised work.
Motifs & meaning
Reading the design
The new carpets borrow from the great court and tribal traditions, so their motifs span several design families.
Tree of life
Growth, paradise and the link between earth and sky.
Boteh (paisley)
A seed or flame form symbolising life and abundance.
Central medallion
The dome of a garden or the sun at the heart of the field.
Gül
The repeating Turkmen medallion marking tribal identity.
Materials & technique
How it is made
Hand-knotted in handspun wool — and silk on the finest pieces — coloured with plant and mineral dyes, then clipped and washed so the design reads crisply across an even pile.
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