Pakistan IMP Wool Bokhara Rug - 3.04 x 0.76 tribal

Pakistan IMP Wool Bokhara Rug - 3.04 x 0.76 tribalCarpet weaving may have been introduced into the area of present day Pakistan as far back as the eleventh century. Pakistani carpets usually have a special shine because their wool comes from New Zealand and Australia. Most of Pakistan's carpet weavers are from Lahore and Karachi. They are inexpensive and durable . The Faeghi family are the name you can trust. They have traded in fine handmade carpets in Persia for many generations. For more than 50

Fairly recently rugs have been made in the city of Hamadan itself

It is made from silk and comes from Qum in Iran

Designed by Master Kermani

There is a huge departure from uniformity here

The first thing one notices about this carpet is the pronounced band of crimson red comprising effectively the field of the carpet

A magnificent central medallion carpet that has around the medallion a beautiful soft pastel blue coloured base field that together create the illusion of a human-eye

Nain is a small town in the province of Isfahan

Such rugs are made with thick high-quality wool

The border is normally small in relation to the total area of the rug

This is a magnificent pictorial rug that touches on a poem by Attar Neishaboury  "The people of this world are like the three butterflies in front of a candle's flame

a rug can be considered a cultural item

arabesque and palmette styles on light grounds were the favourite approach