Lovely Ersari rug, hand-knotted from good quality wool and dyed with natural vegetable dyes. An excellent quality rug with the red and dark blue hues typical of Ersari rugs. The foundation of the rug is undyed goat or sheep's wool which is how traditional nomadic rugs were traditionally woven as opposed to wool pile on a cotton foundation. There are some pale brown specs on the rug that look like bleach might have landed in the rug but they arent very noticeable and the rug is generally in good condition.
Knot count: 169KPSIt
Age: Apx 100 years
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Ersari is one of the most important Turkoman tribes, it's people are considered among the best weavers of the 24 clans with the most specialist and smallest clans being Ersari and Tekke. Originally nomadic, these proud people are mostly settled in Northern Afghanistan in the area bordered by Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. These fine rugs are dyed using traditional natural vegetable dyes and then hand knotted in Northern Afghanistan