Afghan Kazakh Rug vintage runner Stock Number: BR1627

Stock Number: BR1627

Stock Number: HJ9

with weaving communities stretching across Turkmenistan and northern Afghanistan

Once they longer have use of these rugs

botanical symbols and tribal motifs worked entirely from memory

Afghan Kazakh Rug vintage runner Stock Number: BR1627This rug is hand knotted in northern Afghanistan in the Kazakh weaving tradition, which originated in the Caucasus mountains and has been carried by Kazakh weavers into Afghan rug making over generations. The designs are bold and geometric, large medallions, hooked polygons, stylised animals and tribal symbols arranged with strong borders and a confident symmetry that is immediately recognisable. The wool is machine spun local Afghan wool on a cotton