Afghan Khorjeen

Afghan KhorjeenCreated by highly skilled Qashqai weavers who are renowned for their expressive craftsmanship and attention to detail, the Khorjeen (Khorjin) with its stunning abrash is highly prized and dearly loved by collectors. Diamond patterns feature heavily in these colourful hand knotted pile carpets, also known as Qashqai Saddlebag rugs. Made with handspun Ghazni wool, the designs are fashioned after khorjin, the antique tribal camel bags crafted in the

These carpets leverage floral motifs

Among the most popular handmade rugs in the world

Larger rugs feature Turkish Memling guls

but the curvilinear pattern is instead features perpendicular

A rectilinear medallion is arranged horizontally or vertically in the middle of the field

with their cotton foundation (silk in the oldest

traditional one-way tribal symbols

Chobi comes from Persian word 'chob' meaning wood (or the dyes found in wood)

With a cotton warp and a cotton or high quality coarse wool weft

both Seraband and Mir rugs have enjoyed widespread commercial success

Khal Mohammadi rugs are named after their innovative creator

these Indian and Pakistan varieties use cotton