Name: Navy Shemakha Rug
Brand: RUGINZA
SKU: AFGP-G 313137
Price: 4032.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Navy and red Shemakha Afghan Sherwan rug, hand-knotted wool

Shemakha Caucasian design in navy and red on Afghan Sherwan rug

Border detail of navy and red Shemakha hand-knotted Afghan rug

Hand-knotted wool pile of navy Shemakha Afghan Sherwan rug

Navy red Shemakha Afghan Sherwan rug, Afghanistan craftsmanship

Shemakha Caucasian rug in navy and red, hand-knotted Afghan wool

One-of-a-kind navy and red Shemakha Afghan Sherwan rug

Hand-knotted navy Afghan rug with Shemakha Caucasian motifs

Fringe of navy and red Shemakha Afghan Sherwan rug

Corner of navy and red Shemakha Afghan hand-knotted rug

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Size

210×291cm

Color — Navy Blue

Navy Blue

Rug material

Wool

Only one available — one-of-a-kind.

Hand-knotted
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A deep indigo field carries this hand-knotted rug in the old Shirvan manner — a dense, all-over tribal design from the Shemakha country of the eastern Caucasus. Across the midnight-blue ground runs a restless scatter of stepped medallions, eight-pointed stars, flowering shrubs and a whole menagerie of small birds, roosters and four-legged animals, worked in madder red, saffron, ivory and soft blue. Every space is filled; the abundance and the animals are the design.

It is hand-knotted in Afghanistan by master weavers working in the older Caucasian Shirvan tradition, with a fine, even knot count, a low clipped pile and flat-woven kilim ends. The indigo and madder have depth and a gentle, light-catching variation that machine-made rugs can never reproduce. A broad madder-red border of bold palmettes and rosettes, framed by guard stripes of linked diamonds, gathers the whole piece together.

Densely woven and built to last, this is a collector-grade piece — at home as the centrepiece of a formal living or dining room. As a hand-made rug, it is genuinely one of a kind. The pile is low, hand-clipped, with kilim ends.

Origin: Afghanistan
Type: Afghani Sherwan, hand-knotted
Material: 100% wool
Design: Caucasian, Shemakha all-over design
Size: 210×291cm (6'11"×9'7") — Large
Colour: Navy Blue
SKU: AFGP-G 313137
One-of-a-kind: Yes

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Material: 100 percent hand-spun Afghan wool coloured with natural dyes, naturally rich in lanolin, which gives it softness, a subtle sheen, and a natural resistance to everyday dirt and spills.

Care instructions

Vacuum regularly on low suction without a rotating brush.
Rotate the rug occasionally so it wears and fades evenly.
Blot spills immediately with a clean, dry cloth, working from the outside in, and do not rub.
Keep out of prolonged direct sunlight to protect the colour.
Use a professional rug cleaner for any deep clean.
Light shedding is normal with new wool and settles within the first few months.

This rug reproduces the dense, animated weaving of Shemakha, the old capital of the Shirvan khanate in the eastern Caucasus. Rather than a single medallion, the indigo field is filled edge to edge with stepped polygons, eight-pointed stars, flowering shrubs and a lively scatter of birds, roosters and small animals — the tribal world of the weavers recorded knot by knot. The deep blue ground is the classic Shirvan indigo, set against madder red, saffron and ivory drawn from natural dyes. Knotted by hand in Afghanistan from hand-spun wool, every motif is drawn a little differently and the colours shift softly across the field — the signature of a single weaver at the loom rather than a machine.

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Shipping
We ship from Japan to the United States, the United Kingdom and 19 European countries. Shipping is free on orders of ¥150,000 or more (approx. $1,000 / £790 / €920); orders below that ship at a ¥15,000 flat rate (approx. $99 / £79 / €92). Each rug is carefully rolled and wrapped. Orders are dispatched within 3 to 5 business days, then take 7 to 15 business days in transit. Every order ships with tracking. Import duties and taxes may apply in your country; please contact us before ordering for details.

Returns
For a change of mind, contact us within 30 days of delivery. Items must be unused, in original condition and in original packaging. Return shipping is paid by the customer and can be expensive from outside Japan, so please ask us about size or colour before you order. If your rug arrives damaged, defective or not as ordered, contact us with photos within 30 days of delivery: we pay for the return and send a replacement or a full refund.

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