Chobi mats from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rugs) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.   Size: 70 x 40 cm

Chobi mats from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rugs) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.   Size: 70 x 40 cm

Chobi mats from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rugs) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.   Size: 70 x 40 cm

Chobi mats from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rugs) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.   Size: 70 x 40 cm

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Aqcha Mat, Afghanistan These hand knotted, simple village rugs are from Northern Afghanistan. The designs can be traced back many hundreds of years and mostly come from the Turkmen tribes, many of who left Russian dominated Turkmenistan in the 1920s....

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Shiraz rug from south west Persia. Woven with the typical warm, rich colours and lustrous hand spun wool often associated with these tribal nomads of the SW of Persia. Size: 266 x 148 cms

Gabbeh , SW Persia A fine quality gabbeh carpet of contemporary design.  Vegetable dyes and hand spun wool woven in SW Persia. The word "gabbeh" comes from the Persian گبه, meaning raw, natural, uncut. Size: 196 x 140 cms

A Qashqai gabbeh, with deer and birds of prey. The subject is reminiscent of a Persian hunting carpet. This rug, with its rich colours, has lovely thick pile. Size: 184 x 130 cm Origin: S W Persia *Please note this...

A finely woven Belouch rug with a lovely soft red field decorated like a Persian garden, with birds and plants formed into a subtly flowing pattern. The white ground border nicely 'frames' the field. Size: 180 x 109 cm Origin:...

A finely woven Belouch rug. The warm terracotta central field is covered in small birds  and green peacocks, among stylised flowers. See also the 'ram's horn' motifs often seen in Perepedil rugs from the Caucasus also in some kilims from...

A very finely woven rug. Here is all the charm of the Persian garden, so beloved by Persiaians. Aming an array of flowers and trees, you can see peacocks, sheep or camels (you decide), chickens and all worked with lovely...

A really good quality 'chequerboard' gabbeh. All natural dyes and hand spun wool. Contemporary design. However the origin of these 'chequerboard' designs may be in the need to show colours in the form of a sampler. So here the weaver...

Fine vintage Belouch, Mid 20th Century Afghanistan,  Really good rug, skillfully woven with good quality hand spun wool. Excellent colours and good dyes. Size: 133 x 88 cms

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Khan Mohammedi, Afghanistan  A special genre of rugs developed in the 1990s by the Khan Mohammedi family of weavers in Afghanistan. They used old Turcoman and traditional Afghan tribal designs from the Ersari and other tribes. They are distinguished by...

Mamluk, Afghanistan Original Mamluk court carpets came from the late 15th century Mamluk Dynasty, the Cairo centred branch of the Ottoman Empire. Size:  89 x 59 cms

Fine Belouch, Afghanistan, 30 – 50 years old. Really good rug, skilfully woven with good quality hand spun wool. Excellent colours and good dyes. Size: 195 x 108 cms

Woven in Afghanistan to designs originating in Kazakstan. Typically geometric and colourful, cotton warp and weft, fine lustrous wool and a high density of knots help these rugs define the intricate, ancient patterns.  Size: 124 x 80 cm  

Chobi mat from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rug) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.  Size: 60 x 40 cms *Please note this rug is currently part of an Exhibition at Burg Halls, Linlithgow. It...

Chobi mat from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rug) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.  Size: 60 x 40 cms

Chobi mat from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rug) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.  Size: 91 x 62 cms

Chobi mat from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rug) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.  Size: 102 x 52 cms

Woven in Afghanistan to designs originating in Kazakstan. Typically geometric and colourful, cotton warp and weft, fine lustrous wool and a high density of knots help these rugs define the intricate, ancient patterns.  Size: 94 x 66 cm  

Woven in Afghanistan to designs originating in Kazakstan. Typically geometric and colourful, cotton warp and weft, fine lustrous wool and a high density of knots help these rugs define the intricate, ancient patterns.  Size: 87 x 62 cm  

Chobi mat from Afghanistan. These delightful ‘poshtis’ (poshti means small rug) are village weavings. The hand spun wool and natural dyes have a jewel like quality.  Size: 100 x 53 cms *Please note this rug is currently part of an Exhibition at Burg Halls, Linlithgow. It...

Gabbeh Poshti, SW Persia A fine quality gabbeh carpet of contemporary design.  Vegetable dyes and hand spun wool woven in SW Persia. The word "gabbeh" comes from the Persian گبه, meaning raw, natural, uncut. Size: 40 x 40 cms