Afghan Maimana Kilim vintage runner browns and blues with contrast

browns and blues with contrast of white or ivory

Condition: Estimated to be 50 - 60 years old

Size: 377 x 294 cm | 12'5" x 9'8"

Tabriz weavers were commissioned to produce rugs for royal palaces and important holy sites

Stock Number: BR2042

Afghan Maimana Kilim vintage runner browns and blues with contrastMaimana is a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, and it produces some of the most distinctive flatweave rugs in the country. The weavers here are predominantly Uzbek, and their kilim tradition stretches back centuries, shaped by the nomadic cultures of the region and the Turkmen, Uzbek and Pashtun influences that have long intersected in this part of Afghanistan. What makes Maimana kilims particularly rare is who makes them. This is one of the