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

Often woven in the Shah Abbasi or the Islimi style (or a combination of the two)

With a long medallion as its focal point (repeated at the corners)

Lively and bright

talented nomads wove stunning

old Kashan and Sultanabad rugs

including rust and beige

helping to teach youngsters the symbolic language of patterns and colours that is the cultural heritage of the Northwest Kurdish people

who create and knot their own designs in the Bashir

the Kurdish rug industry is concentrated in Afghanistan and Iranian Kurdistan and the styling of these rugs

Based on Turkmen prototypes called Tekkes

all wool or a specific blend of the two

They leverage original designs and are known for their use of colour which are often deeply saturated jewel tones