Carpet afghan kargai design heriz serapi

Afghanistan is one of the world's leading producers of handmade carpets. Afghan rugs are authentic, charming and generally incredibly cheap. Oddly elongated human and animal figures are their signature. Most of the weavers in afghanistan are ersari turkman. Tribal carpets are almost always made on the horizontal loom or on the floor. This is due to the fact that nomads rarely stay in one place for more than two months. A turkmen woman will usually take at least six months to finish a carpet, so the loom can be installed and dismantled four to six times before a carpet or kelim is finished. The color of afghan carpets is mainly red (the madder root of modern plants varies from red to orange to brown. On this model connoisseurs will recognize the design of one of the most sought after persian carpets by collectors which is the carpet of the heriz region with the most attractive design called serapi! Dimensions: 340x267 cm / unequal fringes of about 6 cm per side. Condition: good condition, slight wear in the kilim, in the center of the carpet four small dots of wool visible in the beige at the level of the medallion, fringes a little quirky. Depending on the angle of the carpet, the colors are different.

Ref. : 36DGW27S