Afghan Maimana Kilim Runner vintage carpet The quality of Kashan weaving

The quality of Kashan weaving is immediately recognisable

Those same irregularities make the wool harder wearing than machine-spun alternatives

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and their own interpretation of the craft

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Afghan Maimana Kilim Runner vintage carpet The quality of Kashan weavingMaimana is a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, and it produces some of the most distinctive flatweave rugs in the country. The weavers here are predominantly Uzbek, and their kilim tradition stretches back centuries, shaped by the nomadic cultures of the region and the Turkmen, Uzbek and Pashtun influences that have long intersected in this part of Afghanistan. What makes Maimana kilims particularly rare is who makes them. This is one of the