A midnight-blue field carries this hand-knotted rug in the classical Kashan manner — a lobed madder-red medallion floating at the centre, haloed by scrolling vines, shah-abbasi palmettes and finely drawn blossoms in rose, saffron, sage green and ivory. Red floral spandrels anchor the four corners, and a small inscription cartouche signs one end, the mark of a formal workshop design rather than a tribal one. Where the geometric rugs of this collection are bold, this one is all curve and grace.
It is hand-knotted in Afghanistan by master weavers working from the classical Persian repertoire, with a fine, even knot count, a low clipped pile and flat-woven kilim ends. The wool is hand-spun and coloured with natural dyes, which give the indigo and madder their depth and the gentle, light-catching variation that machine-made rugs can never reproduce. A broad madder-red border of turtle palmettes and flowering vine, framed by ivory guard stripes, gathers the whole piece together.
Densely woven and built to last for generations, this is a collector-grade piece — equally at home as the centrepiece of a formal living or dining room or as an heirloom investment. As a hand-made rug, it is genuinely one of a kind.
- Origin: Afghanistan
- Tradition: Classical Persian, Kashan floral medallion
- Type: Afghani Sherwan, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% hand-spun wool, natural dyes
- Pile: Low, hand-clipped, with kilim ends
- Size: 210×310cm (Large)
- Colour: Indigo field with madder-red medallion and border
- SKU: AFGR 444
- One-of-a-kind: yes