Fine Silk warp Afghan rug 1.85×1.29m

Description

Title: Fine Silk warp Afghan rug

Size: 1.85×1.29m / 6’1″x4’3″ (length including kilim end finishes is 1.92m / 6’4″) Thickness: 6mm

Origin: Kabul, East Afghanistan.

Technique: Hand-knotted.

Material: Wool pile, silk warps/fringes, wool wefts.

Colours and Design: This fine silk warp Afghan rug with tribal Ensi design in gold-beige with numerous additional detail colours including black, brown, orange, and terracotta.

Condition/Age: Width narrows to 1.24m / 4’1″. Woven in the 1970s, but in as new condition/unused.

Additional Information:

Afghan Silk & Wool Rugs are probably the finest type of Afghan Rug from Afghanistan.

This rug is one of a collection of extra fine silk warp (fringed) Afghan rugs dating from the 1970s that we recently acquired. The fineness of weave is extraordinary, and rugs of such intricacy are seldom woven these days. 

The production is small and from Kabul. Classic Afghan patterns are produced as well as Caucasian designs, Persian designs and occasionally maps and pictorials.

The warp threads of these Afghan Rugs are made of silk – this silk is rather wiry to the touch. Silk makes an excellent warp thread: it has impressive tensile strength whilst its thin, fine nature allows for extra fine knotting. Often prestigious rugs will have silk warps/fringes. Sometimes these long silk fringes are left long, but can easily be reduced to the desired length. Kindly note that fringes are not included as part of the measurement on Oriental rugs. The weft threads are of wool. The hand-knotted pile is made from wool: the nature of this wool is tough – thereby creating a durable quality rug. 

Given the passage of time combined with limited production, part silk Afghan rugs of such high quality are likely to become increasingly scarce.

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