Vintage Afghani Hallway Runner with Tribal Vibes and Mid-Century Modern Style

76495, vintage Persian Baluch hallway runner with Mid-Century Modern Tribal style. This hand knotted wool vintage Persian Baluch hallway runner features a large-scale pattern of four...

76851 Vintage Persian Hamadan Runner with Modern Tribal Style, Wide Hallway Runner. Full of character and stately presence, this vintage Persian Hamadan runner with modern tribal sty...

74664 vintage Afghan rug with Mid-Century Modern Vibes and Tribal style. Add a Mid-Century Modern vibe with this hand knotted wool vintage Af...

76990 Vintage Afghani Rug with Tribal Design and Modern Style. Boasting a stunning tribal design and modern style, this vintage Afghan rug shows it...

73255, antique Kurdish Persian Hallway runner with Modern Tribal style 03'02 x 13'08. Reflecting extraordinary detail and modern tribal style with an intimate patina, this hand knotted wool antique Kurdish Persian runner features an all-over repetitive pattern of serrated star motifs. It is enclosed with a triple border. With a gorgeous poly-chromatic color palette and impressive geometric design, this antique Kurdish carpet...

61074 vintage Persian Shiraz Hallway rug Runner, 02'06 x 11'02. Full of tiny details and a bold expressive design combined with tribal style, this hand-knotted wool vintage Persian S...

A vintage Persian tribal Turkoman rug in runner format handmade during the mid-20th century. Although this rug is of Persian origin, the roots of Turkoman rugs originated in the Central Asian region. Measures: 1' 6" x 10' 4" Central Asian Rugs & Carpets: Central Asia is a vast area stretching from Northeastern Persia to western China, and from northern Afghanistan to the southern edge of Russia. The carpets can be usefully divided into three groups: the nomadic Turkmen rugs of Turkmenistan, northern Afghanistan, and northeastern Persia; the non-Turkmen tribal pieces from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kirghizstan; and the urban creations of Khotan, Yarkand, and Kashgar, oasis cities of Western China (Xinjiang Province). Commercially, the most important group is from Khotan, the easternmost of the Chinese Turkestan cities. The craft of rug weaving is primarily in the hands of Muslim Uighurs. Khotan carpets mix purely Central Asian design themes with Chinese elements. Native Khotan devices include pomegranate trees, upright flowers, round medallions, and yellow or red grounds. Chinese motives include triangular fretwork corners, swastika fretwork, and Yun-Tsao Tou (clouds and rain) diagonally striped polychrome borders. Cotton foundations, asymmetrical (Persian) knots, and medium weaves are standard. Some vintage Khotan are in horizontal, pictorial layouts with multiple various vases and plants. Saphs (multiple prayer niche panel carpets) are also a Khotan specialty. Others employ stepped and layered lozenge medallions, singly or in pairs. Still others, almost all antique, feature a stylized version of the allover Persian Herati design. Many of the oldest pieces employ brown wool wefts. Antique and vintage Khotans are almost always in the k’ang (double square) layout, conforming to the local household plans. Only relatively recently has the 6’ by 12’ or 7’ by 16’ format been replaced by the 9’ by 12’ size. As a result, an antique room size Khotan carpet is very uncommon. Reds are cinnamon, tomato and rust, never wine reds, crimson, or scarlet. Yarkand, farther west on the old Silk Road specializes in multi-medallion long carpets while Kashgar, farthest west and most under Persian influence, has traditionally knotted allover pattern pieces with finer weaves, often with silk piles, and enriched with medal thread, on cotton foundations. Extant Kashgars go back to the 17th century, but the carpet craft in Chinese Turkestan must be much older as fragments have been recovered from local tombs of the early C.E. period. Kashgars are the rarest of all East Turkestan rugs. Most available vintage East Turkestan carpets are interwar Khotans, many with pleasingly soft decorative palettes. The non-Turkmen nomads include the Kazakh, Kirghiz, Uzbek, and Karakalpak groups. Like the Turkmen, they were once all seasonally migratory, dwelling in round felt tents (yurts), but have been settled, at least partially, in the villages, and have taken up crafts and agriculture instead of sheep herding. As a result, carpet production has transitioned from domestic tent use to commercial sale, but the roots of long traditions are still evident. The Uzbeks weave...

Vintage tribal rug in black, red and ivory. The Turkmen or Turkoman people are settling in villages in Afghanistan and Turkmenistan near the Persian border. Their origin is tribal...

Handwoven in wool, circa 1950-1960, this 3x11 vintage Afghan tribal kilim runner rug, with stripes across its surface, is a classic Afghani des...

Handwoven in wool, circa 1950-1960, this 6x10 vintage Afghan tribal kilim rug, features a simple repeat pattern with playful color variations of red, green, beige/brown and purple, s...

Handwoven in wool, circa 1950-1960, this 3x6 vintage Afghan tribal kilim runner rug, is an exciting new curation in the Rug & Kilim collection....

Arijana Kilim Rug hand-woven carpet - hallway runner or stairway rug Arijana Kilim rugs are made by tribes in southern Afghanistan close to the Pakistan border. Arijana carpets are o...