Premium Quality Fine Handmade Afghan Ziegler Wide Runner - 307924 Series [1Hk0Vvse]

This beautiful, fine Afghan Ziegler runner is an unusual size, much wider than the normal width. The colouring is lovely and light, with a warm cream background and an oatmeal border. A soft pink-red has been used as an accent colour with tiny touches of a pale teal. Overall, the runner has a soft golden hue to it. 

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Often, people are curious about the William Morris connection. Ziegler worked collaboratively with William Morris, taking his designs and securing weavers in Tabriz and Sultanabad to produce fine examples of traditionally made carpets produced explicitly for the export market booming Victorian Britain. The processes were developed at the weaving stage, more crucially extending into the finishing process, particularly the herbal washes used. The fashion was to experiment, and the early Ziegler designs were quite different from this period's traditional rugs and carpets. The Oriental rug trade had not been used in this way before. In many ways, the pioneering techniques used by Ziegler & Co. have been part of the inspiration behind some of the newly designed pieces from Afghan weavers, like the Samarkand and Mamluks.

After the carpets have been hand-knotted, the final process is to wash them with gallons of flowing water (literally thrown bucket by bucket). The rug is scrubbed with brushes with tough bristles, enabling surplus dyes to be removed, making them much lighter in colour. The scrubbing also makes the carpet look slightly older or even, as some people describe it, an 'antique look'. The different Mordant used to wash and fix the dyes also affect the colouration of the original vegetable dyes.

The final carpets stage in Pakistan involves many processes. First, initial tensioning and alignment problems may be undertaken, followed by surface clipping, herbal washing, and tumbling. This combination of Afghan weaving and finishing in Pakistan has been a great success. These carpets are closely knotted and usually finished with an exciting and unusual bound multicoloured fringe.

When buying online, it is worth considering the company and the rug. We are a family business with over 65 years of experience selling rugs. We have an unrivalled reputation and pride ourselves on a high level of customer service. We welcome visits to the Tewkesbury shop. Alternatively, we will assist with online enquiries by email or telephone.

We recommend the use of an underlay with this product:
Foxi-underlay to provide grip to stop handmade rugs from moving

For uneven surfaces, we would recommend our Felt underlay:
Felt underlay for uneven floors

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