Afghan Yekta Rug EB The hand-spun wool adds quality

The hand-spun wool adds quality and durability to this rug

The rug features a central medallion motif

What you are looking at has been improving since it was made

the colours have already mellowed and the pile has settled into a character that only time and natural dyes together produce

Afghan Yekta Rug EB The hand-spun wool adds qualityYekta rugs come from Afghanistan, and they are unlike anything else in Afghan weaving. The construction is what sets them apart. The weaver first creates a flat kilim base, then hand knots a raised pile on top of selected areas of the design. The result is a rug that moves between two textures within the same piece, flat weave and knotted pile existing together, creating depth and dimension that a standard rug or kilim simply cannot produce. This is