Bukhara
Bukhara
The capitol of Usbekistan and the traditional trading center for Turkmen tribal carpets. Today, rugs called Bukhara are generally commercial copies knotted in Pakistan and India. Actual Turkmen carpets are called by their tribal names to ease confusion with their popular reproductions. Commercial Bukhara carpets are available in about twenty quality gradations, though surface appearance may be similar. Commercial Bukhara carpets are the best selling hand-knotted rugs in the world.| Related Articles Using the Term: bukhara |
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| Bokhara Rugs ...ty has been on the increase in recent years and the quality are workmanship very consistent with ancient methods. Bokhara rugs (also known as Bukhara) were once mistakenly thought to have been woven near the Uzbek city of Bukhara. Bokharas, famous 'red rugs' of Central Asia, were and are wov... |