Tribal Turkish Hand Knotted Oriental Rug Tent Door Hanging- Gapylyk

This is a beautiful nomadic tribal Turkish hand-knotted carpet tent decoration to adorn the entrance as a welcoming for visitors. It is in excellent condition.

Some Turkmen tribes had an internal lambrequin-like decoration that was hung from the lintel of the door frame and was known as a gapylyk or gapy gu'llu'k, gapy being one of the Turkmen words for a door.  Woven with a richly decorated knotted pile, the lower edges are decorated with long multi-coloured fringes and, given the fragile nature and the rarity of finding these fringes in tack, this is a very desirable example. The design incorporates a motif, symbolizing growth and fertility and perhaps, according to some, the infinite cycle of life itself. Gapylyks were made by the Tekke, Saryk, Salor, and Ersari.

This would be very decorative to hang on your wall at home or the office, or even as a divider between two rooms in the doorway.

It is 82cm wide and from the top of the carpet to the bottom of the fringe, it is 110 cm long.