Blue fine Kazak rug

Grab a beautiful bargain in the form of this blue fine Kazak rug! With its uplifting colours and traditional geometric pattern, this Afghan rug will add colour and interest to wherever you unroll it. 

The colours & design of this blue fine Kazak rug

The colour scheme this fine Afghan Kazak rug is stunning. It shows a mid-blue main field colour along with a contrasting beige main border colour. When you look closely you can see that there is an abundance of detail shades contained within this Afghan rug. These colours include warm rust-red, khaki green, pink, gold, yellow and orange. Whilst still colourful, the colours seem muted and quiet compared to most Afghan Kazak rugs. 

The design shows a traditional format of three geometric medallions along with a series of smaller emblems on a blue field surrounded by an arrangement of four patterned borders. 

Discover some more about this Kazak rug

This Afghan rug is a handmade rug and it was made in the vicinity of Kabul by a Hazara weaver. A 5x3 rug such as this would have been woven by one weaver. 

It was handcrafted from wool and cotton. These yarns are ideal for making long lasting rugs that you can use everyday for years and years. 

The pattern of this 5x3 blue Afghan rug takes its inspiration for a category of antique rug woven in the Caucasus (modern-day Azerbaijan and Armenia). These antique Caucasian rugs are renowned for their bold geometric designs and bright colours. In recent decades the ingenious Afghani weavers have been producing their own versions of age-old carpet designs from across the world by drawing upon their rich carpet weaving skills and heritage. 

Find out about the craftsmanship that created this blue Afghan rug

The way in which this handmade rug was made is steeped in Afghanistan's carpet weaving heritage. It was made by hand-knotting the woollen pile - this is the way that rugs have been woven for hundreds of years.

Hand-knotting is a slow way of rug making. On a hand-knotted rug the pile is created by hand-tied knots which form tufts of pile. Tying each knot onto pairs of warp threads, the weaver knots in horizontal rows from one side of the loom to the other. Between each row of knots, weft threads are woven, weaving between the warp strings.

This requires thorough attention to detail and patience from the weaver to follow the plan of the design, and each different coloured knot tied works to create the pattern of the rug. 

Why is the price reduced?

There is a slight blemish which can be seen in image 7, which is not that noticeable. We suspect that this might have occurred in the finishing processes because this rug is new. 

Oriental rugs undergo extensive finishing procedures before they are ready for sale. One naturally thinks that as soon as the finished rug is cut from the loom it is ready for your floor. Unfortunately this is not the case. At this stage, the rug does not look anything like the one that will ultimately grace your floor. 

The finishing processes include many different steps including washing, tumbling, singeing (when excess fluff is burnt off the rug), trimming, securing ends and sides, and aligning. This slight blemish might well be from the singeing stage where the wool was a little too scorched in this area.

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Key details:  

• Country of origin: Afghanistan
• Size: 156×93cm / 5’2″x3’1″
• Thickness: 6mm
• Pile: Wool, hand-knotted
• Warp: Cotton
• Age: New