Almost nothing on it, and that is the design. A plain camel field is framed by two fine terracotta lines set well in from the edge, and six small floral sprigs — a spray of green leaves with a pale bud beside it — are placed inside that frame, three to a side, facing inward. There is no border pattern, no medallion, no repeat. The sprigs are drawn small enough that from standing height the rug reads as a plain camel ground with a red outline.
Hand-knotted in Ghazni wool, a highland Afghan fleece with a high lanolin content that gives the surface its sheen. On a design this bare the wool is the whole story: the ground carries soft abrash, wide horizontal banding where one dye lot gave way to the next, and that variation is most of what you look at. At 159×250cm this is a room-sized rug. It is the most furniture-friendly kind of design — nothing important is lost when a table or sofa covers the middle — but a plain pale field is also the least forgiving of marks, so it wants a considered spot rather than a working one.
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Type: Hand-knotted pile rug
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Material: 100% Ghazni wool
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Design: Plain field with floral sprigs and line border
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Size: 159×250cm (5'3"×8'2") — Medium
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Colour: Camel and green, with terracotta
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SKU: NG 74221
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One-of-a-kind: Yes