Pakistan IMP Wool Bokhara Rug - 2.41 x 0.79 Square

Pakistan IMP Wool Bokhara Rug - 2.41 x 0.79 SquareCarpet 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

Reds tend to be a burgundy colour rather than brick red as in Kazaks

At the heart of the cross is a rosette pattern that expands outwards along the roads of the cross

about 100 km south of Tehran

Sometimes it is referred to as maki

the smaller ones are often decorated with vase patterns or pictorial subjects

The quality of Qum silk rugs is particularly high

Due to the location of Mahallat

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

Bakhtiari Bakhtiar carpets are made of strong and sturdy wool

So whilst this rug is not flowery spring like in symbolism and the setting may be a desert

There is a great deal of beauty to this carpet and it suggests the beauty of spring centred on the concepts of youth

often rendered in strong indigo blues