{"product_id":"afghan-fil-pai-mat","title":"Afghan Fil Pai Mat","description":"\u003cp\u003eIdeal for numerous places around your home this cosy Afghan Fil Pai mat will be a joy to look at wherever you lay it.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a useful size too, you can use this small rug as a door mat, place it at the bottom of the stairs, or pop it in front of a hearth as a small hearth rug. So many possibilities. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe colours and design of this Afghan Fil Pai Mat\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis small handmade Afghan rug has beautiful warm colours. It boasts a red field colour with brown border which is a little purple at one end. It also contains numerous other colours including orange, beige and blue. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Fil Pai\" relates to the design of this Afghan mat. The two prominent octagonal motifs that we can see in the field of the rug are called \"guls\". Gul means flower, and traditionally Afghan\/Turkoman rug design featured field patterns covered in repeating gul motifs. The Fil Pai gul is synonymous with the emblem of the Ersari tribe. This motif might sometimes be referred to as the elephant's foot gul because of it's shape. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eLearn what this handmade Afghan mat is made from\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis charming 3x2 Afghan rug is made from wool and cotton. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe wool is the pile of the rug; it is superb colours. It is hand-spun and naturally dyed. This type of Afghan rug is often known as \"Chobi\". This term is derived from the word \"wood\", and it is the name sometimes applied to vegetable dyed Afghan rugs. Hand-spinning the wool also has benefits: as the yarn can be spun much tighter by hand it allows for a stronger fibre. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cotton in this rug is the warp threads. This are the tassels that we can see at each end. Each of these tassels actually runs all the way through the rug and out the other end. The warps are thus what the knots are tied onto. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow was this Fil Pai design small rug made?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Afghan mat was traditionally handmade by time-honoured methods. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt was meticulously crafted by hand-knotting the woollen pile onto the cotton warp threads. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eKey details: \u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCountry of origin: Afghanistan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSize: 89×61cm \/ 2’11″x2’0″\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThickness: 8mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePile: Wool, hand-knotted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarp: Cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge: New\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Oriental Rug Merchant Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58081474838859,"sku":"TORM-1277-AFGHAN FIL PAI MAT-89 X 61CM","price":149.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1070\/3113\/4539\/files\/Chobi-FilPai-89x61cm-MAIN.jpg?v=1786282549","url":"https:\/\/theorientalrugmerchant.co.uk\/products\/afghan-fil-pai-mat","provider":"The Oriental Rug Merchant Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}