A deep madder-red field carries this hand-knotted rug, covered corner to corner with the hooked diamond güls of the Yomut Turkmen — row upon row of small serrated medallions locked into a fine diagonal lattice, in ivory, indigo and dark brown against the glowing red ground. Broad skirt (elem) panels of stepped diamonds finish each end, the traditional signature of a Turkmen weaving. The discipline of the endless repeat is the design.
It is hand-knotted in Afghanistan by master weavers working in the older Turkmen and Caucasian traditions, 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 madder red its depth and the gentle, light-catching variation that machine-made rugs can never reproduce. Multiple ivory and gold guard borders of geometric tribal motifs frame the field and draw 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: Turkmen, Yomut hooked-gül design
- Type: Afghani Sherwan, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% hand-spun wool, natural dyes
- Pile: Low, hand-clipped, with kilim ends
- Size: 205×293cm (Large)
- Colour: Madder-red field with ivory and indigo güls
- SKU: AFGP 443
- One-of-a-kind: yes