Pakistan IMP Wool Bokhara Rug - 4.00 x 0.78 classic

Pakistan IMP Wool Bokhara Rug - 4.00 x 0.78 classicCarpet weaving may have been introduced into the area of present day Pakistan as far back as the eleventh century. Pakistani carpets usually have a special shine because their wool comes from New Zealand and Australia. Most of Pakistan's carpet weavers are from Lahore and Karachi. They are inexpensive and durable . The Faeghi family are the name you can trust. They have traded in fine handmade carpets in Persia for many generations. For more than 50

Kilims are inexpensive and can be purely decorative

Reds tend to be a burgundy colour rather than brick red as in Kazaks

In this carpet we see the herati pattern beautifully radiating out from the centre to the borders

Featuring superb double central motifs and magnificent floral designs

different shades of blue

These carpets are regarded as being among the most beautiful and the most exclusive Persian carpets available

It is recognizable because of its resemblance to a tear drop

providing a wonderful frame to look at the spectacular field

To the Western eye the motif that is repeated over the field is likely to be described as a paisley design

and it is quite possible that this was what was intended by the master weaver as such a symbol quite often was employed to protect the owner from misfortune and in particular to ward off the 'evil eye'

and in manuscript borders

Instead there is are beautiful compartments with delightful patterns and motifs