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

is woven through a number of warp strands before being looped back

central Persia's Isfahan Province

Good quality rugs

Sub-styles of the Tabriz include the distinguished Tabriz Fish

More abstract or geometric than other Persian rugs

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

rounded daisy-like flowers assembled in diamond formation and connected by a smaller flower in principal colours of forest green

makes them highly prized

the boteh (representing a sprouting seed) was a favourite repeating motif

They often adorned walls and were even placed on the throne of the king or at his feet

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

a highly valued Persian knot