63520

Afghanistan

Mid-20th century

Very good

Design crisply drawn, narrow borders with broad ends. Saturated colours . Edges well-finished. Plain, knotted fringes.

Wool warp, wool weft; weft-faced patterning (repeating brocaded guls)

3,33m X 1,93m

Colours range from soft pink to deep madder-red ground with brown, blue, turquoise and ivory-white brocading.

See Hull & Luczyc-Wyhowska, "Kilim- The Complete Guide", Thames and Hudson, 1993, pp.254-258 for full descriptions of this category.