Wine Red Bokhara Runner
Only one available — one-of-a-kind.
- Hand-knotted
- Ships from Japan
- 30-day returns
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A wine red field carrying two columns of Turkmen güls — rounded octagons, each quartered and filled with small hooked devices in cream, teal and apricot — running the full six metres of the runner, with a small cruciform motif between every pair. Narrow multiple borders frame it: a band of diamonds, a row of small güls, and several fine guard stripes, all worked in the same restricted palette as the field. Cream fringe at both ends.
Hand-knotted in wool. At 76×609cm this is an exceptionally long runner — just over six metres, twenty feet — which puts it well beyond the reach of most domestic corridors. Measure carefully, and note that a rug this long is difficult to turn in a stairwell or a tight hallway. The wine red ground shifts noticeably along its length, from a deeper oxblood at one end to a lighter rose at the other; that is abrash, the mark of hand-spun wool dyed in small lots, and on a plain-ground rug of this scale it is unavoidable and part of the character.
- Origin: Pakistan
- Type: Pakistani Bokhara, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% wool
- Design: Turkmen gül, two-column repeat
- Size: 76×609cm (2'6"×20'0") — Runner
- Colour: Wine red, with cream and teal
- SKU: N-726332
- One-of-a-kind: Yes
100% wool pile, hand-knotted, with a natural fringe at both ends. Wool is resilient and forgiving underfoot, which makes this a practical choice for a corridor that gets real use.
The abrash banding along the length is a feature of hand-spun, small-lot dyed wool and is especially pronounced on a runner this long. It will not even out over time. At six metres this rug is also heavy and awkward to handle — rolling rather than folding it is essential, and two people are needed to move it safely.
A gül is a tribal emblem rather than a flower, and the Turkmen groups each carried their own — the shape identified the weaver's people the way a tartan identifies a clan. The rounded, quartered octagon here is the one that became the commercial standard, repeated in even columns rather than scattered, which is what distinguishes a Bokhara from the Jaldar drawn with angular diamond güls. The discipline of the layout is the point: two columns, identical spacing, the same small cruciform between every pair, held without deviation over six metres. Any drift in the row spacing would accumulate into a visible skew by the far end, and there is nothing in a plain field to hide it. Watch the ground colour instead of the pattern and you will see the rug change — deeper at one end, lighter at the other. That is abrash, and on a runner this long a weaver will go through many dye lots; the shifts are a record of the making rather than a fault.
Shipping & Returns
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.
