Very Fine Khal Mohammadi - D1753

Very Fine Khal Mohammadi - D1753Size 150 x 99cm, 4'11 x 3'3 ft 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

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

full of flowers

Size 199 x 111 cm

This rug contains approximately 341000 knots

This rug contains approximately 366000 knots

Size 183 x 129 cm

Many of the smaller rugs are asymmetric prayer rugs so that they can be laid down and pointed to Mecca for times of prayer

Size 140 x 78 cm

This rug contains approximately 640096 knots

7'11 x 2'9

Anyone familiar with original Persian soumak weaving knows that the bac of the rug has the thousands of loose ends hanging out of the back of the rug when turned over

and would have taken 193 days to weave and finish