Vintage Kurdish Herki Runner blue No two are precisely the

No two are precisely the same

What looks like decoration is actually a language

often hung at the entrance of a Turkmen tent or dwelling

muted palette and elegant large-scale designs

Style: Kilims are woven with a different technique from rugs and are without a pile which allows you to use both sides

Vintage Kurdish Herki Runner blue No two are precisely theThe Herki are one of the largest Kurdish tribes, leading a nomadic and semi nomadic lifestyle across the mountainous borderlands of Turkey, Iran and Iraq. These runners come from Turkey, woven by Herki weavers carrying a tribal tradition that has never been formalised or institutionalised. There are no workshops, no pattern books. The designs are bold geometric medallions, hooked lozenges, stepped hexagons and tribal symbols, all come from memory and