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Oriental Rugs - Afghanistan

Afghanistan is a small country located north west of Pakistan and China, northeast of Iran, and south of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Over 25 million people live in this land that covers an area of a little over 650,000 square km.

Afghanistan's carpet industry isn't as great as it was before the country began facing political problems. Today, even though there are many rugs produced in the country, export is extremely difficult, so Afghanistan markets their carpets to the rest of the world through Pakistan and Iran.

 

Afghan rugs usually resemble Caucasian style rugs and are similar to those made in Turkey, and East Turkmenistan and the Caucasus. The color scheme used in Afghan rugs consists of a few exciting colors that are exclusive to their style of rug. Afghan nomads such as the Chechen tribes still produce rugs but in very little quantities making them rare and hard to find.

One would hope that in this political chaos, the precious art of Afghanistan's tribal rugs is not lost forever.

 

                           
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