Pictorial Loribaft rug with tree design - Grey

This is a delightful handmade Afghan pictorial Loribaft rug with tree design and grey background colour. 

The main colour is a grey shade, but when viewed from the other end this shade goes quite silvery. This effect is caused by the direction of the pile. When viewed from the "dark end" you are looking at the tips of the pile. 

The design of this pictorial rug is charming. It displays an all over theme of trees including Cypress trees, as well as the occasional wandering animal motif, are they perhaps chickens and dogs(?) 

Using this Pictorial Loribaft rug with tree design in your home

The size of this pictorial Afghan rug is 128x82cm or 4'3x2'8, which is a useful size that can be accommodated in numerous places in a home.

With it's pictorial theme this rug offers you the extra versatility of making a great wall hanging rug. You can have a sleeve sewn onto the back of the rug so that you can hang it from a dowel. Please contact us for the extra cost of this service, which will be undertaken by our expert rug restorer. 

The great thing about this pictorial Loribaft rug is that it will be equally at home on the floor. It is made from luxurious natural fibres of great durability. This 4x2'8 rug size is a great option for use as a bedside rug where you can take advantage of it's silky smooth woollen pile under your bare feet - how luxurious! But it is also tough enough to use in a hallway or on a landing area and many other places in your home.

The luxurious natural fibres in this rug

This tree design Loribaft rug is made from wool and cotton. 

The beautiful colours which form the design of the rug is the pile, which is made from hand-knotted wool. The wool is hand-spun and naturally dyed. Hand-spinning the wool results in a tightly twisted woollen yarn that adds to the durability of the fibre. 

The eye-catching fringes are an additional feature of this rug in that they are grouped and bound with colourful woollen embellishments. These fringes serve a greater purpose than simply looking pretty: they are also the warp threads of the rug. The warp threads are the first yarns that the weaver will attach onto the loom at the outset of weaving the rug. The warps thus travel the entire length of the rug and they are the yarns upon which the rug is created. 

How this grey Loribaft rug was woven

This delightful small Afghan rug was handmade by the ancient technique of hand-knotting. This way of rug making has been around for millennia. It is a time-consuming way of making rugs, but it has yet to be surpassed by modern short-cutting ways. 

The pile of this hand-knotted rug was made by the weaver tying coloured woollen yarns onto pairs of warps threads. Each tuft of pile is created by a knot, hence the term hand-knotted. All of the different coloured knots, which are tied in horizontal lines, collaborate to make the enchanting pattern of the rug which we find so appealing.

Key details: 

• Country of origin: Afghanistan
• Size: 128x82cm / 4'3"x2'8"
• Thickness: 7mm
• Pile: Wool, hand-knotted
• Warp: Cotton
• Age: New