Oversized Traditional Afghan Rug in Taupe and Espresso

The abrash-striated light grey-brown field displays four large vasiform palmettes within broken rosette wreaths and surrounded by flowering stems and acanthus fragments, with half ma...

The abrashed mid-brown field displays four independent columns, each of nine Salor-style “Mar” guls, with smaller stepped minor guls in the interstices. Main border of serrated and ...

Red Afghan traditional designed 10 x 14 rug. Hand knotted with hand-spun wool, woven in Afghanistan. This beautifully designed rug will be sure to stand ou...

Afghan rugs, often known as Afghan carpets, are hand-woven rugs that are historically created in Afghanistan, though many are also weaved by Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Afghan rugs received the international prizes in 2008, 2013, and 2014, which are hosted yearly in Hamburg, Germany. Various ethnic groups, primarily Turkmen, assemble Afghan rugs in northern and western Afghanistan. [1] The Shindand or Adraskan (named after local Afghan cities) is one of the most unusual and distinctive of all oriental rugs, produced in the Herat Province of western Afghanistan. Their hallmark appearance is bizarrely elongated human and animal designs. Carpets are sold all over Afghanistan, although the majority are sold in Mazar-e Sharif. Afghan rugs are traditionally classified into two types: Turkman carpets and Baluchi...