A midnight-blue field carries this hand-knotted rug, climbed by a vertical chain of concentric diamond medallions in green, magenta, gold, madder and ivory — the polychrome signature of the Kashkuli, the finest weavers among the Qashqai tribes. The dark ground between and around the medallions is alive with botehs, eight-pointed stars, blossoms and little tribal charms, every space filled in the old nomadic manner. A band of striped kilim finishes each end, the mark of a true tribal flatwoven foundation.
It is hand-knotted in Afghanistan by master weavers working in the older Caucasian Shirvan tradition, 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 madder-red border of flowering vines, 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: Caucasian Shirvan / Kashkuli, tribal medallion design
- Type: Afghani Sherwan, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% hand-spun wool, natural dyes
- Pile: Low, hand-clipped, with striped kilim ends
- Size: 204×315cm (Large)
- Colour: Indigo field with polychrome medallions and madder-red border
- SKU: AFGP-G 313149
- One-of-a-kind: yes