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51874 New Colorful Turkish Tulu Shag Rug, 07'09 x 10'01.
A vivid tableau of Anatolian spirit and artisan memory, this hand-knotted colorful Turkish Tulu rug radiates with a dreamlike exuberance. Woven from soft, lustrous Angora wool, its thick shaggy pile hums with the warmth of highland hearths and the joyful abandon of folk expression. The composition sings in diamonds and abstract tribal motifs steeped in symbolism, passed through generations not on paper, but in the hands and hearts of nomadic weavers. It is less a rug than a living landscape, where each color hums with meaning and each knot echoes an old world lullaby.
What sets this colorful Tulu carpet apart is its fearless color palette—wild pinks, golden saffron, sky blues, and ember reds colliding in ecstatic harmony against a stormy charcoal ground. The contrast is electric, invoking twilight skies over Anatolian fields or the glow of village festivals under a new moon. The irregular spacing and rhythmic imperfections are intentional; this is not mechanical beauty but a human one, shaped by instinct, memory, and soul. The Tulu rug pulses with a musical asymmetry, inviting the eye to roam and the spirit to wander.
Its visual language is composed of powerful tribal symbols—concentric lozenges symbolizing the protective eye, X-shapes and fetter motifs representing fertility, bonds of love, and unity, and cross forms believed to shield against misfortune. These ancient signs are not mere decoration; they are woven prayers, protective charms, and expressions of identity. Each motif is a conversation across time, linking the weaver to her ancestors and the observer to a culture rooted in resilience and reverence. In their bold geometry lies an esoteric code, one that binds earth to sky, past to present, craft to spirit.
To bring this Tulu rug into a modern space is to bring in more than texture—it is to invite a relic of ancient joy, a talisman of color and comfort. It suits not only the eclectic collector but the emotional minimalist; its vibrant presence can anchor a room or spark a thousand stories. This Turkish Tulu is not merely decorative—it is a soulful celebration of memory and material, a radiant embodiment of warmth, identity, and the artistry of hands long gone but never forgotten.
- Rendered in a kaleidoscope of colors and variegated shades of charcoal, black, cerise, raspberry pink, hot pink, tangerine, orange, ocher, gold, amber, royal blue, purple, amethyst, ruby red, scarlet, crimson, mauve, violet, avocado, slate, and dark gray.
- It is finished with a variation of passementerie tassel fringe on either end.
- Abrash.
- Hand-knotted Angora Wool.
- Made in Turkey.
- Measures: 07'09 x 10'01.
- Brand New. In-Stock.