We're back after a semilong absence from ebay as we had a long trip to Mid East (Persia,Turkey,Etc..) buying trading Antique's including Rugs,tapestries,bags...Etc to offer them to all of our ebayers here.If you don't see what your looking for check back as we are going to Auction off all these beauty's over time here at our Auction.Thanks again for all of your support through out the years which allows us to take these trips and be able to provide these truely wonderful works of art on ebay.We have bought many wonderful rugs during our trip so Please don't forget to add us to your favorite seller list and check back often.. Turkoman rugs are produced by nomadic weavers of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan and the province of Khorassan in northeast Iran. Turkoman rugs are easily distinguished by their three characteristics of a dominant red to red-brown background color, geometric pattern, and a unique octagonal motif known as gul, which has several versions. The layout is generally all-over and guls are repeated in rows with usually smaller guls of similar, but not exact, geometric design (minor guls) in between the rows of major guls. White, beige, black and blue are used to create color contrast in the motifs and the border of the rug. Gul is the Persian name for flower. However, some rug scholars argue that the Turkoman gul has originated from an ancient Turkish word meaning family or tribe, and historically each tribe had its own symbolic version of gul. However, as the result of battles between the tribes, the symbolic gul of defeated tribes were used by their conquerors. Therefore, overtime, different tribes began using each other's distinct guls in their weaving. Still, some guls could be associated with certain tribes.Another common but less frequent design is the hatchli (hatchlu) design seen in the Turkoman ensi rugs. Ensi rugs were originally used to cover the entrances of Turkoman tents. The hatchli design is frequently seen in village, workshop and tribal rugs of Afghanistan. In this design, a large cross divides the background into four equal parts. All quadrants have identical motifs. One frequent motif within the quadrants is a shape similar to a menorah (candleholder with several holders).....The major Turkoman weaving tribes include Salor, Saryk, Tekke, Youmut, Arabchi, Chodor and Ersari...                               c1930s Traditional Antique TURKOMAN rug with an exact size of  3.9x7 ft   Natural 100% Hand woven wool woven on COTTON foundation with a very Interesting medallions repeated through out the field....Colors include a gorgeous Tomato Red background field with Greens,Reds,Ivory,Black,Peach...Etc....Perfect condition medium even pile..... will lay flat and is 100% Turkoman and NOT a lesser quality reproduction mass produced in pakistan... quality rug with a retail value over a $800+....This is 100% Authentic Turkoman rug made to last.........Only one on ebay @ NO RESERVE                                                WE OFFER GREAT QUALITY PADDING AT $2 PER SQUARE FEET TO OUR EBAY CUSTOMERS EVEN FOR YOUR EXISTING RUGS,PICTURED BELOW RETAILERS DECORATORS & HOME OWNERS DREAM we do not set a reserve price on our rugs and allow the market to set value.shipping and handeling (packageing,employee's,delivery to courier Etc..) on this item is $36 in U.S. except for hawaii and alaska,be sure to view our other items on ebay because we do combine shipping for total of 20% discount on total combined shipping...Insurance is free only up to the last bid amount or sell price..Any extra insurance buyer is responsible to Request.NY STATE Buyers add 8.375% Tax.. Please ask all questions before bidding...We sell all rug's on ebay as is and do not repair or clean them unless they need moth treatment which we will treat prior to adding them to our auction.If you need repair quote please email us..We try to answer all emails as soon as possible,but some times especially on weekends we might be out on antique hunt (estate auctions..etc.)to offer them to you on ebay,or might just have technical diffeculty with our computer,all in all we do appreciate your visiting our items on ebay and especially your questions and we appologize for our lateness and any inconvenience this might cause and we'll answer ASAP...Thank You We're a third generation rug dealers buying and selling fine oriental rugs here in New York for more then two decades.were three brothers who handle all aspects of this business traveling often and far into old citys and villages and estates to find these magnifisant RARE items offered to you here on ebay we also do try to buy antiques on ebay,we handle all professional repair(over casting worn ends, professionaly repairing any holes,tears,and removal of stains and dust and dirt build up of hand made rugs)AND WE OFFER GOOD QUALITY PADDING FOR OUR EBAY CUSTOMERS AT $2.00 PER SQUARE FOOT..our father migrated to U.S. in 1978 and our familly followed bringing with us the knowledge and keen eye for rare antiqueties (RUGS,BAGS,TAPESTRY's......)and were proud to stand by our great salesmanship and customer satisfaction, because our father always said "REPUTATION IS LIKE A RUG WITH OUT PROPER CARE IT WILL BE DESTROYED".And we believe just that because your never a star with out fans and would not be in business for this long with out happy customers considering 95% of our business is referal based. Just look at our repeat buyer feed back.Please do not forget to add us to your favorite seller list.Thanks again