STOCK NUMBER BAT280. SIZE IS 5 FOOT 9 INCHES BY 3 FOOT 9 INCHES. 176CM BY 115CM. WOOLLEN PILE HANDKNOTTED ONTO COTTON WARP AND WOOLLEN WEFT THREADS DYED LIGHT BROWN. PICS 1 AND 2 TAKEN FROM EACH END TO SHOW PILE/LIGHT COLOUR CHANGE WHEN LOOKED AT FROM EACH END. FANTASTIC ANTIQUE EARLY 20TH CENTURY EAST ANATOLIAN KURDISH RUG WITH A CENTRAL ELONGATED HEXAGONAL IVORY GROUND MEDALLION WITH STYLISED FLOWERHEADS AND VERY CENTRE GEOMETRIC MEDALLION,ALL OUTLINED BY A FURTHER STEPPED AND CASTELLATED HEXAGONAL MEDALLION WITH LIGHT STRAWBERRY COLOURED ABRASHING,PIC 3. DARK BLUE SPANDREL CORNERS FILLED WITH PRIMITIVE MOTIFS,PICS 5 AND 6. NOTE THE USE OF A LIGHT YELLOW IN THE INNER MINOR BORDER. RICH WOOLLEN PILE WITH A LOVELY SOFT,FLOPPY AND SUPPLE FEEL TO IT. HAS FOUR GUARD STRIPES AND SIDE CORDS BOUND IN DARK BROWN WOOL. NOTE THE HERRINGBONE KURDISH END WEAVE DESIGN,PICS 8 AND 9. PICS 11 AND 12 IS THE BACK OF IT AND PICS 9 AND 10 SHOWS PILE AND CLOSE UP OF CORNER. CONDITIONWISE; RICH EVEN PILE THROUGHOUT. SIDE CORDS GOOD. VERY MINOR SMALL LOSS TO END WEAVE,PIC 8. NO HOLES,REPAIRS OR REWEAVES. OFFERED VERY REASONABLY AND OFFER FACILITY FOR THIS ATTRACTIVE PROPER KURDISH RUG FROM THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY,NOT AN AGED UP COPY,SEE BOTTOM PARAGRAPH !. FOR A VERY SIMILAR RELATED WEAVING SEE THE SECTION UNDER ANTIQUE TURKISH RUGS,SCROLL DOWN TILL YOU FIND IT,PROBABLY FROM THE SAME TRIBE/AREA. U.K POST £15 WEIGHS 4.5KG. U.S.A AND CANADA £95.00,OTHER COUNTRIES CHEAPER DEPENDS WHERE,MAIL FOR A QUOTE. COLLECTION/CONTACT DETAILS BELOW. SEE MY OTHER ANTIQUE CARPETS AND RUGS PLUS A SMALL SELECTION OF CAUCASIAN RUGS ON ME LINK ABOVE AND RED INVENTORY ICON NEXT TO USER ID ABOVE. HAPPY LOOKING.................... E-MAIL ADDRESS IS GDEXTERHILL@HOTMAIL.COM FOR DISCUSSIONS,VIEWINGS,PERSONAL ATTENTION,ETC.
**********ANY RETURNS/APPROVALS AND RESTOCKING FEE WILL INCUR A 4% HANDLING/ADMINISTRATION FEE ON TOTAL PRICE AND POSTAGE. E.G TOTAL PRICE OF £400 LESS 4% EQUALS £384 RETURNED TO BUYER.***********************
COLLECTION ADDRESS FOR ITEMS IS STORGE UNIT ON HENWOOD FARM,MERRYLEES ROAD,THORNTON,LEICS,LE67 1AN,WWW.BEYONDSTORAGE.CO.UK.FULL MAP AND DETAILS HOW TO GET THERE,CLICK ON LOCATIONS AT BOTTOM OF PAGE THEN CLICK ON HENWOOD FARM.DRIVE THROUGH THE GATES MARKED WITH BUDGET LOGO.I WILL NEED TO MEET YOU THERE,SO RING ME HALF HOUR WHEN NEAR,0788 4091348. MUTUALLY CONVENIENT TIMES NEED PREARRANGING BEFORE COLLECTION IS MADE !ANYONE NEEDS TO SPEAK TO ME PERSONALLY CAN BE CONTACTED ON 0788 4091348,TONY. OPENING HOURS OF UNIT IS 7AM-7PM DAILY#THANKS.
WHEN YOU UNPACK YOUR RUG/CARPET PLACE IT ON A FLAT SURFACE AND TAMP IT DOWN AND ALLOW IT TO SETTLE DOWN FOR A FEW WEEKS. THAT WAY ANY CREASES/FRINGE LIFTS WILL EVENTUALLY LIE FLAT AND CREASES WILL DISAPPEAR.
WOOL,ANIMAL HAIR,COTTON ARE ALL NATURAL LIVING BREATHING MATERIALS AND AS SUCH WILL HAVE NATURAL SMELLS ACQUIRED OVER TIME AND IS PERFECTLY NORMAL.
YOUR RUG/CARPET HAS BEEN STORED SHRINK WRAPPED IN A DRY CLEAN NEW CONTAINER PROTECTED AGAINST MOTH AND DAMP AND WILL BE DELIVERED IN SHRINK WRAP.
ANY DAMAGE/CONDITION ISSUES ARE MENTIONED IN ITEM DESCRIPTION UNDER HEADING "CONDITIONWISE"
ANYONE UNHAPPY WITH THEIR PURCHASE HAS 7 DAYS IN WHICH TO RETURN IT TO ME AT YOUR COST AND A FULL REFUND PLUS ONE WAY POSTAGE IS GIVEN.
ANYONE WISHING TO VIEW ANY RUGS/FURNITURE CAN DO SO IN THE "COLLECTION ADDRESS" DETAILS PARAGRAPH ABOVE AFTER ARRANGING IT WITH ME FIRST.
*******WHAT YOU MAY LIKE TO KNOW ABOUT HAND KNOTTED ORIENTAL RUGS*********BEWARE THE CHEAP NASTY PERSIAN RUGS & CARPETS BEING FLOODED INTO COUNTRY BY THE LONDON CARPET TRADE,NO QUALITY,LOW KNOT COUNT,INFERIOR WHITE COTTON FRINGES AND AGEING UP TECHNIQUES BY SCRAPING PILE AWAY TO MAKE LOOK OLDER AND STATING OLDER THAN THEY ARE WHICH IN TRUTH ARE NEW AND ARE IN NO WAY "ANTIQUE" YOU LL BE LUCKY IF THEY ARE 10 YEARS OLD ALL BEING SOLD ON EBAY !! YOU ONLY GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR IN THIS TRADE LIKE ANY TRADE.ALL OF MY CARPETS & RUGS ARE NOT NEW IMPORTS AND ARE SOURCED IN THE U.K MANY OF WHICH ARE FANTASTIC QUALITY MADE IN A DIFFERENT AGE FROM TODAYS GEARED UP MASS WEAVING PRODUCTION IMPORTED MODELS. SO THINK BEFORE YOU BUY !! OF COURSE YOU WILL NEVER STOP PEOPLE FROM BUYING CHEAP,POOR QUALITY,FAKE AND MISREPRESENTED ITEMS BUT YOU CAN GIVE THEM A MORE INFORMED CHOICE ! FURTHERMORE IT CAN BE A MISTAKE TO THINK CARPETS AND RUGS CHEAPLY PRICED AND MISREPRESENTED AS OLD WHEN THEY ARE IN FACT NEW ARE BETTER BUYS JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE CHEAPER !AND DONT DESCRIBE THINGS AS "ANTIQUE" WHEN THEY CLEARLY ARE NOT !