Indian Wool Loom Knotted

Indian Wool Loom KnottedDescription Pending

These rugs were often woven with strands of silver and gold and were placed in palaces and in the palatial homes of the super rich

The Maimana is a beautiful flat-woven kilim rug made by Uzbek weavers near the city of Maimana in central Afghanistan

Although the patterns are simple with little detail

which is why the rugs are sought after – and much loved – by collectors

which enables the high intricacy and detail found in the patterns

a legendary Ersari Turkmen rug producer and master dyer from northern Afghanistan

birds and trees in tribal motifs as well as geometrical diamonds

the roots of the kilim trace back to the nomadic peoples of the Middle East

lush blues and greens and resplendent saffron yellows – that are made more lustrous by the silky wool used by Kurdish weavers

it is their distinguishable style that sets Veramin rugs apart from all others

Traditionally

dark blue and black