Mina runner 258 x 143cm

258 x 143cm

Good overall condition despite the wear with just slight loss to one end

A very characteristic piece and a real antique

An Afshar rug from the Kerman area in SW Persia

342 x 240cm

Mina runner 258 x 143cmA lovely early twentieth century Yomut Turkmen ensi, a genuine tribal piece originally woven as a tent door hanging. The rectangular panels are filled with pekvesh motifs and each within an ivory border of 'x' motifs repeated in main outer border; a band of Yomut eagle motifs in each narrow elem. We have done substantial restoration to this special piece, reweaving the blue selvedges, patching and darning the small holes and tidying up the ends which