Tent Decorations & Embroidery

Tent bands and dividers, door surrounds and floor or ground covers are genuine expressions of tribal culture. Turkmen, Uzbek, Koochi and Balouch tribal groups have distinctive styles of pile carpets which are developed by specific tribes such as the Ersari, Tekke, Chodor, Yomud. Bukara, the name of the city often used to describe a design, is in fact, a market city to where many of the tribal pieces are brought for sale. Bukara is near Samurkan, at the western end of the silk road. Embroidery pieces from Uzibekistan, Kazakhastan, Tadjikistan are sewn with a silk chain stitch and used as room-dividers, bed spreads, table covers, bread and mirror covers, book covers and decoration.