Afghan kargai rug design heriz serapi

Afghanistan is one of the world's leading producers of handmade rugs. Afghan rugs are authentic, charming, and usually incredibly inexpensive. Oddly elongated human and animal figures are their signature. Most weavers in Afghanistan are Turkman ersari. Tribal rugs are almost always made on the horizontal or floor loom. This is because nomads rarely stay in one place for more than two months. It will typically take a Turkmen woman at least six months to complete a rug, so the loom may be set up and taken down four to six times before a rug or kelim is finished. The color of Afghan rugs is mainly red (the madder root of modern plants varies from red to orange to brown. On this model, connoisseurs will recognize the design of one of the most sought-after Persian rugs by collectors, which is the rug from the Heriz region with the most attractive design called Serapi! Dimensions: 340x267 cm / uneven fringes of about 6 cm per side. Condition: good condition, slight wear in the kilim, in the center of the rug four small wool dots visible in the beige at the medallion, slightly crooked fringes. Depending on the angle of the rug, the colors are different.