D3178 - Very Fine Tribal Sivas

D3178 - Very Fine Tribal SivasSize 250 x 91 cm, 8'2' x 3'0 Hand made in Afghanistan from hand spun wool and natural dyes This rug contains approximately 455000 knots, and would have taken 76 days to weave and finish These rugs are Turkoman tribal rugs from Northern Afghanistan using local Ghazni hand spun wool, which is probably the best wool in the world for hand knotted rugs. These Hazara tribes people are mostly Shia Muslim and badly persecuted by the Taliban majority.

One must remember that the Moghul hordes conquered northern India bringing with them the skills of carpet weaving and other fine artisanship

This rug contains approximately 161792 knots

4’3 x 2’9

This rug contains approximately 152944 knots

and would have taken 244 days to weave and finish

Size 246 x 170 cm

Hand-made in Kazakstan from handspun Ghazni wool

Size 142 x 82 cm

and would have taken 105 days to weave and finish Every pile rug has a nap so that the pile lies in one direction

Size 236 x 166 cm

Chechenya and Shirvan respectively are situated north of Afghanistan and to the east of the Caspian sea and are all new Soviet republics

7'10 x 4'11