Arranged around the neck of a camel, this netting, along with many other trappings, textiles and attachments, would add grandeur to a wedding ceremony/ Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets to serve...

A fine example of many different techniques including poms sticking up, netting, braiding and coloured tassels applied for both decorative and functional reasons to this magnificent trapping.   Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets to...

For a horse, donkey or mule.  Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets to serve as, or to go under, a saddle and many other applications. They are made for horses, mules, donkeys...

Animal trapping - a head dress Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets to serve as, or to go under, a saddle and many other applications. They are made for horses, mules, donkeys...

Attached to the front of a horse for ceremonial decoration.   Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets to serve as, or to go under, a saddle and many other applications. They are...

An authentic horse or camel trapping with unusual details. Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets  to serve as, or to go under, a saddle and many other applications. They are made for horses,...

A very long tent band with decorative cotton fringe along its length.  Tent bands literally hold the outer coverings of the tent in place or may be used internally as decoration and to hang things from. They’re often associated with...

This very long band would be used to secure a load to a camel or horse. Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications....

This long band with tassels and beads would add to the grandeur of a wedding ceremony. Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications....

Strapped across the front of the horses neck, this chest band would add garndeur to a wedding ceremony. Wool, cotton. early to mid 20th century Qashqai tribe of SW Persia Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor...

An exceptional Azeri camel trapping, a really glorious example of a ceremonial textile made to wrap around the camel's neck. The little bag in the centre is an amulet, a common feature of special importance to the weaver and her...

A cruciform textile, wool. Size approx. 25 x 25 plus tassels SW Persia

The camel has been described as a horse designed by a committee. Their knees may have some part in this sorry state of affairs. Camel knee pads are strictly for ceremonial occasions, typically a wedding. This rare pair is made...

Usually horse covers than anchor round the animal's neck are symmetrical and 'U' shaped with the long narrower arms wrapping round the front of the horse to be tied in the front. In this case, either one half of the...

A very fine band woven in complex techniques with decorative tassels and tufts along part of its length. Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets as what we call a saddle and many...

Wool band with wool tassels. Tent bands literally hold the outer coverings of the tent in place. They’re often associated with the wooden frame tents or yurts of central Asian Turcoman nomadic tradition. Urban centres have been around for a...

Wool and goats hair Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications. They are made for horses, mules, donkeys and camels and are both...

This complex weave shows its many years of service, either as a pack band to secure the load or as a chest band, from which there may have been hanging decorative tassels. Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands...

Wool, cotton and ceramic beads Trappings include bands to secure saddles, head bands to anchor reigns and ‘bits’, blankets as what we call a saddle and many other applications. They are made for horses, mules, donkeys and camels and are...

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Vintage Turkoman Hat with hand stitched needlework, N E Persia

Uzbek kilim runner, Afghanistan Floating weft technique , mid 20th century Hand woven with hand spun wool and vegetable dyes,  Size: 308 x 140 cms

Trapping Size: 184 x 4 cms

Vintage Haba kilim, c1950, Turkey Haba kilims are traditional robust un-dyed sheeps wool Turkish utilitarian weavings. Used as floor coverings, to divide a space. Then as now, they might be spread out for a picnic on the Anatolian plains or up...

Yahyali prayer kilim, Central Anatolia, late 19th c. The columned field and the upper and lower 'gallery' sections of this old prayer rug echo its illustrious cousins (and almost priceless) from Ladik. Old repairs, even pile, good condition.  148 x...

Very fine Cicim, (pronounced jijim) woven in sumak technique with natural dyes. You will see that weaver was not happy to simply repeat a few coloured diamonds, but carefully made every one a little different, drawing the eye hither and...

Vintage Haba kilim, c1950, Turkey Haba kilims are traditional robust un-dyed sheeps wool Turkish utilitarian weavings. Used as floor coverings, to divide a space. Then as now, they might be spread out for a picnic on the Anatolian plains or up...

Vintage Cihanbeyli Yastik, Turkey Konya, Turkey  c1950s Yastik are the decorative faces of large bags or grain sacks commonly found in Anatolia up to the 1970s. Once the bag, perhaps its backing first, becomes too worn, the front may be cut...

Mut cicim kilim, Turkey Mid 20th century Size: 108 x 91 cms

An exceptional Baktiari garden carpet.   A really magnificent and rare carpet in all the glorious colours associated with the best Baktiari weaving. The quality of the wool and intensity of dyes is superb. The design takes us straight to the great...

Vintage Uzbek ceremonial horse blank Size: 175 x 142 cms

Antique Qashqai saddle bag using flatweave kilim technique. Soft earthy tones with natural dyes. Size: 78 x 41 cms

This 'chigh' or reed screen was found by our friend and agent in Persia, Abbas Rahimi (see Nomads News), in Sanjav village in Western Persia. Reed screens rarely last more than a few decades in use but this one is...

Juval, (complete) Turcoman, NE Persia, early C20th Felt and applique bag, early 20th century, Turcoman. The well-used bag is a lovely decorative item as well as being an interesting and rare example of nomadic life, and textile art. Juval, probably...

Unusual slightly abstract effect appears in the way the pattern (in wool) is formed over a white base (in cotton). The technique is known as sumak – which appears like embroidery but is formed as the piece is woven. The back shows more...

Kurdish Bag -  Eastern Turkey, 19th C Size: 71 x 39 cm

Embroidered Bag - Silk on Black Cotton, Uzbekistan Very fine silk cross-stitch on cotton and pretty beaded fringes go round 3 sides of this small bag which can easily also be a decorative item placed on a table or side...

Saddle Bag - Bergama Yoruk, Anatolia, Turkey Kilim and sumac technique are both employed in this saddle bag, early 20th century. The less than perfect shape perhaps shows the tussle between displaying beauty to enrich their lives, and getting a functioning bag finished...

Exceptional Saddle Bag - Veramin, Persia, 2nd Quarter C20th. The best example of a saddle bag in our collection. Its in almost mint condition, woven with the best glossy wool and stunning colours. Little such weaving exists from after 1930 so this represents...

Saddle Bag -  Kurdish, W Persia A very fine Kurdish bag, early 20th century, fabulous colours of natural dyes. It is in almost mint condition, perhaps indicating it was so prized that it was not much slung over donkeys’ backs or stuffed...