Ivory Grand Bokhara
Only one available — one-of-a-kind.
- Hand-knotted
- Ships from Japan
- 30-day returns
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An ivory field carrying rows of small Turkmen güls in rust and dark brown, with a slimmer stepped device set between them at every half step. Deep multi-band borders on a warm cream ground frame the field, running rosette cartouches, latch-hook repeats and fine chequered guards, and closing at both ends in a broad panel of diagonal lattice. Ivory fringe.
Hand-knotted in wool. Two-thirds of the field is open ivory ground, and the lattice is held to an unusual standard — measured, the pattern matches itself at 0.87 across the width and 0.88 down the length. At 277×378cm this is a large room rug, suited to a formal living or dining room.
- Origin: Pakistan
- Type: Pakistani Bokhara, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% wool
- Design: Turkmen gül on a chequered lattice
- Size: 277×378cm (9'1"×12'5") — Large
- Colour: Ivory
- SKU: XF 11483
- One-of-a-kind: Yes
100% wool pile, hand-knotted, finished with an ivory fringe at both ends. Güls drawn at a repeat of under 15cm need a high knot count to keep their internal detail; on a coarser weave the interiors would close up.
Be realistic about the ground. Two-thirds of this field is open ivory, and the borders are barely darker, so there is no forgiving dark area anywhere on the rug. Everything that a red Bokhara would swallow will show here. The compensation is the density of the small drawing across the field, which breaks up marks better than a plain pale ground would — the border grounds are the more exposed part.
The field looks like a plain rectangular grid of güls. It is not. Slide the pattern over itself and measure how well it matches at each offset: move one full step sideways and the match is 0.87, one full step down and it is 0.88 — the lattice is held to a standard close to mechanical. But move only half a step sideways and the correlation goes negative, to minus 0.37. Half a step down, minus 0.32. Half a step in both directions at once, and it turns positive again at plus 0.24.
That pattern of signs describes a chequerboard. A half step in either direction alone lands you on the wrong kind of node — a gül becomes a slim stepped device, light becomes dark — and only a diagonal move returns you to like on like. So the true structure of this field is not the horizontal and vertical grid the eye first reads, but a lattice running at about 26 degrees to the horizontal with a step of 16.6cm, with the two motifs occupying alternate nodes of it. It is why the field reads as texture rather than as ranks: the strongest lines of connection in the drawing run diagonally, across the direction you walk, and the rows and columns are simply where those diagonals happen to cross.
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.
