{"product_id":"aabha-surplus-one-of-a-kind-afghan-rug","title":"Aabha Surplus One-OF-A-Kind-Afghan Rug","description":"\u003cdiv title=\"Page 1\" class=\"page\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn unusually dark Herat Turkmen carpet — its near-black field and luminous ivory medallion a study in deliberate contrast — with vivid elem bands that mark its Central Asian origins unmistakably.\u003cbr\u003eMost Herat Turkmen carpets announce themselves in warm reds and ambers. This one does not. The field is a deep, near-black navy — a deliberate departure that gives this piece a nocturnal gravity unusual in Afghan workshop production — and against it, the large ivory medallion reads not as decoration but as illumination: light held in wool. The Turkmen craftspeople of Herat, descendants of tribes who migrated from Soviet Central Asia in the 1930s, brought with them a design vocabulary encoded over generations, and the elem bands at head and foot — worked in bold horizontal stripes of red, ivory, and orange — are a persistent mark of that heritage, unchanged across continents and decades. Knotted entirely in wool at approximately 110 knots per square inch. The designation Surplus refers to pieces produced beyond commission; the standard is without distinction from bespoke work.\u003cbr\u003eA hand-knotted \u0026amp; woven rug is an investment piece. With proper care it will last a lifetime and become a cherished heirloom. Each knot in this collection is tied by hand by nomadic tribesmen, making every piece entirely one of a kind.\u003cbr\u003eVariations in colour and tone — known as abrash — are a hallmark of authentic handmade rugs, particularly tribal and vintage pieces. Wear and age only add to their beauty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ikkadukka-store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43639970365506,"sku":"IDX-HS-A025185","price":17000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0095\/0206\/4706\/files\/A025185.jpg?v=1776151064","url":"https:\/\/ikkadukka.com\/products\/aabha-surplus-one-of-a-kind-afghan-rug","provider":"Ikka Dukka Studio Private Limited.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}