Afghan Yekta Rug rust navy Stock Number: BR4082

Stock Number: BR4082

natural springs and rich pasture produce a wool that is harder to find anywhere else

Maimana is a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan

carried across borders and kept alive by weavers who never set the craft down

Stock Number: BR4021

Afghan Yekta Rug rust navy Stock Number: BR4082Yekta 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