Afghan Khorjeen

Afghan KhorjeenCreated by highly skilled Qashqai weavers who are renowned for their expressive craftsmanship and attention to detail, the Khorjeen (Khorjin) with its stunning abrash is highly prized and dearly loved by collectors. Diamond patterns feature heavily in these colourful hand knotted pile carpets, also known as Qashqai Saddlebag rugs. Made with handspun Ghazni wool, the designs are fashioned after khorjin, the antique tribal camel bags crafted in the

a distinctive group of Persian weavings

Heriz are simple and stylized

An irregular collection of wool strands

hand-woven pile rugs are characterized by an abstract design featuring open colour fields and playful geometry

Considered an essential skill

The finest quality Persian rug designs made by Pakistani master weavers

with high quality

one of the world's oldest and highly regarded carpet manufacturing centres

It was the Persian kings of the 17th century that resettled the Shahsavan tribes from their home in Central Asia

who invaded Iran in the 13th century

The colours are astonishing – near-transparent terracottas and burnt oranges

Mashwani rugs feature a dense and expanding pattern of hooked diamonds or zigzags in pink