A finely hand-knotted Khan Muhammadi rug from Afghanistan, woven in 100% hand-spun wool. The deep red field carries a dense grid of small octagonal Turkmen güls, ten across and more than twenty down, each one quartered in navy, ivory and rust, packed so tightly that the pattern reads as woven texture rather than as motifs placed on a ground.
The borders are unusually elaborate for a rug this size — seven bands in all, alternating red, navy and ivory, carrying hooks, rosettes and running vine, with an ivory fringe at both ends. A one-of-a-kind piece.
- Origin: Afghanistan
- Type: Khan Muhammadi, all-over Turkmen gül design
- Material: 100% wool
- Size: 92×198cm (Small Rugs (2x3 - 4x6))
- Colour: Deep red field with navy and ivory güls and multi-band borders
- SKU: NKM20202
- One-of-a-kind: yes