193x161cm Mushwani Rug

Mushwani 193 X 161 cm (MUSH101)

Size: 193 X 161 cm

Origin: Mushwani
Pile: 100% wool
Weave: Handwoven

Mushwani - Afghan
Many Afghanistan weavings are dark but the darkest of all is the Mushwani
(Mushwani). It is neither clear that the Mushwani are neither ethnically nor
linguistically Afghanistan.
These types of rugs are very special indeed, there is nothing like this in any
country in the world, they were woven out of circumstance and not by
tradition, they originated in Baluchestan where Afghanistan’s travelled and
brought Kilim and Sumak techniques back with them.
The combinations of rugs woven onto Sumak with Kilim is something to be
sort after, they started out with weft float brocading, to weave the Sumak, then
Kilim at the end to tighten the fringe ends, they finish by weaving the rug pile
through the imprint in the Sumak to give depth to the rug, a true original piece.