Paktia Carpet sotheby rug 95% Pure Wool

95% Pure Wool

Modern square motifs punctuate a soft ivory field in Afghanistan's handspun Ghazni wool rug

Saturated tangerine

Another sees the tapestry as representing a sixth sense of understanding (derived from the sermons of Jean Gerson of the University of Paris

added some climbing roses and bluebirds

Paktia Carpet sotheby rug 95% Pure WoolThe finishing of this carpet was done using centuries old traditional techniques. Once its laborious hand knotting was completed, it was rolled and entirely submerged in a sanitizing bath where its fibers fully absorbed all cleaning liquid. After which it was laid flat on the ground where a team of cleaners used wooden oar like paddles to push the water through its fibers and draw out impurities. Oar strokes were done in sync to prevent the carpet