All Posts in: Pakistani Rugs

• Pakistani Rugs: I.M. International

  05.06.08 | Comment?

  Pakistani Sultanabad by I.M. International, 8 feet 7 inches by 11 feet 8 inches.

  As I was finishing the first edition of this book, a new Pakistani production was coming on line called I. M. International. We had seen the company’s first rugs and were so impressed that we suggested they were among the best in […]

• Pakistani Rugs: Q Mark, Pamir, Hazara Looms

  04.29.08 | Comment?

  This luscious rug was produced by an emerging company called Q Mark in Pakistan, woven by Afghan refugees.

  Q Mark and Pamir have woven rugs for in Pakistan for several years and are just now emerging with good, new productions. Hazara looms have put production on hold due to a migration of weavers back to Afghanistan.
  In […]

• Khal Mohammadi Rugs

  04.29.08 | Comment?

  One of my favorite productions from the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan is called Khal Mohammadi. I am puzzled about where their designs spring from. They are recognizably Turkmen in character, but unlike any Turkmen designs I have seen.

• Pakistani Rugs: Art Resources

  04.25.08 | Comment?

  Pakistani Farahan oriental rug by Art Resources. Art Resources treats its wool with respect, never allowing it to be injured.

  Art Resources creates great, old-looking oriental rugs in Pakistan, without distressing them with chemicals. Look for them to become one of the major oriental rug productions of our era.
  Art Resources is one of my favorite […]

• Pakistani Rugs: Chris Walter

  04.17.08 | Comment?

  Chris Walter has quietly created one of the very best and largest productions of natural-dyed oriental rugs in the world in three separate businesses.
  In our last post we mentioned that some Westerners take a very active role producing rugs in the Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan. One of the earliest of these special rugmkers was […]

• Pakistani Rugs: Afghan Weavers in Pakistan

  04.15.08 | Comment?

  A finely-knotted Pakistani Aryana rug from Yayla tribal rugs.

  Some of the best new oriental rugs are being made in Pakistan by Afghan refugees.
  The path for the rug renaissance in Pakistan was paved by Afghanistan’s tragic civil war and the subsequent flood of Afghan refugees into neighboring Pakistan. More than a million Afghans sought refuge […]

• Pakistani Rugs: The “Pakistani Persian” Rug

  03.14.08 | 2 Comments

  A Pakistani ‘Persian’, meaning a Pakistani rug in a Persian style.

  In the late 1970s, Pakistani rugmakers came up with a new product, known in the trade as the Pakistani Persian or the Pakistani 16/18, which is still made. As the second name implies, the knot-count of these rugs is a nominal 16 by 18 per […]

• Pakistani Bokhara Rugs (Bokara or Bukhara)

  03.07.08 | Comment?

  Bokharas are a type of handmade Pakistani rug; also known as Bukharas or Bokaras, they predate the rug renaissance.

  A typical Pakistani Bhokara, although red is a more common color.

  Though Pakistani Bokharas are scorned by collectors, they have turned out to be honest rugs. Most are based on Turkmen prototypes called Tekkes, with repeating octagonal […]

• Pakistani Rugs and Carpets

  03.06.08 | Comment?

  In 1977, a rug dealer and writer named Georges Izmidlian wrote: ‘In countries where an informed body of opinion has grown up on the subject of oriental rugs, a distinction is drawn between those from Persia, Turkey, Afghanistan and Russia, and those from other areas which produce similar goods. Only the former are entitled to […]