Very Fine Khal Mohammadi - D2690

Very Fine Khal Mohammadi - D2690Size 99 x 52 cm, 3'3 x 1'8 Khal Mohammadi had a business as Master Dyer in the city of Kabul in Afghanistan around 180 years ago. He started to commission a much higher grade of Afghan carpet using traditional and more unusual Afghan tribal designs that he thought would die out if not reproduced at that time. The workshop eventually was taken over by his family after his death and continued in production until the end of WW2, when the ravages of this

The Afghan and Turkoman influence can be seen by the use of the polygonal motifs (known as guls or elephant's foot) as the various tribes intermingle

This rug contains approximately 798260 knots

5'10 x 3'6

4'1 x 2'7 ft

Hand-made in Afghanistan from fine merino woolThis rug contains approximately 448512 knots

Size 147 x 100 cm

4'11 x 3'5 ft

9'11 x 2'9

Size 148 x 83 cm

Prices with and without underlay shown below

and would have taken 38 days to weave and finish

This rug contains approximately 383000 knots