A madder red field planted with trees and no border at all — the design runs straight off all four edges. Weeping willows are drawn as vertical stems with horizontal arms drooping under rows of small serrated leaves, in cream, orange and indigo; between them stand upright cypress cones in gold and navy, and flowering sprays fill the gaps. A single tall stem runs up the centre line the full length of the runner, with the willows and cypresses arranged symmetrically to either side of it.
Hand-knotted in wool. The absence of a border is the striking decision here: without a frame the rug reads as a cutting from a much larger garden rather than a finished picture, which suits a runner, since a corridor is itself a passage through rather than a place to stop. The red ground carries visible abrash, wide horizontal banding where one dye lot gave way to the next. At 80×298cm this is a runner for a corridor or a landing, and the deep red is practical for a space that gets real use.
- Origin: Afghanistan
- Type: Ghazni, hand-knotted
- Material: 100% wool
- Design: Bid Majnun weeping willow, borderless
- Size: 80×298cm (2'7"×9'9") — Runner
- Colour: Red and cream, with gold and indigo
- SKU: RC 11730
- One-of-a-kind: Yes