Afghan Ziegler Rug: 288cm x 243cm sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Glycerine is a pharmaceutical 'carrier'

Glycerine is a pharmaceutical 'carrier' base for making pills

and is blindstamped 'The Reliant (with winged logo) Brit Patent 538261' below the catch

and is widely used to market cigarettes sold in India today

This central field of this Ziegler has a particularly rich offering of stylized flowers as the beautiful pattern shimmers through a range of golds

and was also a craft expertly employed by Native Americans centuries before

Afghan Ziegler Rug: 288cm x 243cm sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles Glycerine is a pharmaceutical 'carrier'The term 'Ziegler' refers to the Anglo Swiss company Ziegler & Co. They were producing exclusive Persian carpets in their own workshops in the Sultanabad region of Western Persia between 1875 and 1920. Afghan Zieglers have proved to be one of the most popular hand woven rugs of recent times. They are woven mainly by Afghan weavers and are sold out of markets in Northern Pakistan. This beautiful carpet has a wonderfully quiet and under stated design