Very Fine Khal Mohammadi - D2579

Very Fine Khal Mohammadi - D2579Size 233 x 166 cm, 7'8 x 5'5 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

and would have taken 79 days to weave and finish

and would have taken 13 days to weave and finish

This rug contains approximately 171000 knots

and would have taken 112 days to weave and finish

8'11 x 5'10

This rug contains approximately 370260 knots

This rug contains approximately338350 knots

latch-hooked zig-zags and other geometric shapes

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

This rug contains approximately 378144 knots

Size 150 x 84 cm

These finishes can only be woven by weavers of the highest skill