Vintage Kurdish Herki Runner floral This rug is hand-knotted from

This rug is hand-knotted from wool on a cotton foundation

Irregularities in the shape

Stock Number: BR761

Size: 187 x 119 cm | 6'2" x 3'11"

The tree of life motif that runs through many Bakhtiari rugs has a story behind it

Vintage Kurdish Herki Runner floral This rug is hand-knotted fromThe Herki are one of the largest Kurdish tribes, leading a nomadic and semi nomadic lifestyle across the mountainous borderlands of Turkey, Iran and Iraq. These runners come from Turkey, woven by Herki weavers carrying a tribal tradition that has never been formalised or institutionalised. There are no workshops, no pattern books. The designs are bold geometric medallions, hooked lozenges, stepped hexagons and tribal symbols, all come from memory and