22314 - Chobi Ziegler Hand-knotted/Handmade Afghan Rug/Carpet Traditional Authentic/Size: 6'0" x 2'1"/ 183cm x 64cm

22314 - Chobi Ziegler Hand-knotted/Handmade Afghan Rug/Carpet Traditional Authentic/Size: 6'0" x 2'1"/ 183cm x 64cmNR: 22314 Location: Chobi Ziegler Size: 6'0" x 2'1" 183cm x 64cm Country: Afghanistan Pile: Wool Base: Cotton Details: In 1883, Ziegler and Co. of Manchester, England established a Persian carpet manufacturing company in Arak (Sultanabad), Iran, employing designers from major Western department stores, like B. Altman & Co. and Liberty of London, to modify fanciful 16th and 17th century Eastern designs for the more restrained Western taste. Using

In Persian/Farsi (the language of Persia/Iran)

because of the very high quality of the wool

These oriental beauties are made on vertical looms with both the warp and the weft being made of cotton

Karmely Brothers

Enssi refers to rugs that were traditionally used as entrance hangings to tents by Turkoman nomads in Central Asia

Size: 9'9" x 6'10"/ 297cm x 208cm

Size: 4'8" x 2'7" / 142cm x 79cm

The density ranges from 300 knots per square inch and higher

NR: 21780

Each individual village or nomadic tribe has its own variation on the traditional schemes

The warp threads are beaten in with two different tools: the usual comb beater

In the 18th century