A madder red field with no medallion and no centre — instead staggered rows of small flowering shrubs, each a stem with paired hooked leaves and a crown of blossoms, alternating with bands of rosettes, star flowers and stepped lozenges. The palette is fully open: indigo, ivory, apricot, gold, green and pale blue all appear, with no two adjacent shrubs coloured the same way. A wide ivory main border of serrated palmettes frames it, flanked by indigo guard stripes of small rosettes and a red selvedge. Cream fringe at both ends.
Hand-knotted in wool. Everything here is drawn rectilinearly — every curve built from steps, no true diagonals anywhere — which is the mark of village weaving rather than workshop drawing from a cartoon. The colours carry visible abrash, particularly in the red ground, where wide horizontal bands show where one dye lot gave way to the next. At 80×309cm this is a runner for a corridor or a landing. A saturated red ground is practical in a busy space and hides everyday marks far better than a pale rug would.
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Type: Hand-knotted pile rug, runner
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Material: 100% wool
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Design: All-over floral shrub repeat, no medallion
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Size: 80×309cm (2'7"×10'2") — Runner
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Colour: Red and ivory, with indigo and gold
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SKU: RK 1171
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One-of-a-kind: Yes