Description Title: Afghan Kunduz Runner (fine quality) Size: 3.10×0.91m / 10’2″x3’0″ Origin: Kunduz, North Afghanistan. Technique: Hand-knotted. Material: Wool pile, wool warp and weft. It has the wonderfully elaborate Kunduz red & black Kilim/flatweave end finishes (see images 5 & 6). The strapping on the underside (see image 6) is to prevent the edges from curling under. Colours and Design: It has a red field with dark blue, orange and beige. This Afghan Kunduz runner has a geometric, all over design is known as “Khoja Roshnai”. This intricate design shows a field of small repeating guls. Condition/Age: New. Additional Information: Afghan Kunduz Rugs are intricately hand-knotted rugs handmade in Kunduz and its surrounding villages in northern Afghanistan. Afghan Kunduz Rugs are a finer quality than Afghan Khan Mohamadi Rugs. The knotting is typically fine, neat and consistent creating a smooth, velvety pile. The pile is wool hand-knotted onto wool warps, occasionally cotton warp threads. One of the distinguishing features of Afghan Kunduz Rugs is finish of the band of flat weave (kilim) at each ends of the rug which is decorated in red and black squares. Often the main colour of Afghan Kunduz Rugs is red, sometimes bright red occasionally the brown-red/coppery shade of Khan Mohamadi Rugs. From time to time a blue-black ground example is found. The designs produced are generally all-over repeating patterns, typically ancient Turkoman designs such as Alma Gul (apple blossom), Baghi Shinar, Baba Saqal, Hatchlou (Purdah) to name a few, as well as superbly refined depictions of Khan Mohamadi patterns. The Oriental Rug Merchant, 11 High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN1 1UL, UK 01892 533080 en*******@***********************co.uk EmailFacebookTweetPinLinkedIn
