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This lot comprises two Afghan style hand-knotted wool tribal runner rugs. The first rug features a deep red field decorated with a central column of seven large octagonal guls, commonly referred to as elephant foot guls, set within multiple geometric guard borders. It is constructed with a wool pile on a dark wool or goat hair foundation, finished with flat-woven kilim ends and thick dark natural wool fringes. The second rug displays a dark madder red field with a repeating pattern of small geometric guls arranged in three rows, enclosed by wide latch-hook and diamond motif borders. An attached cloth label is sewn to the reverse of the second rug, bearing the printed text 1 0 0 0 1 / – / W H E A T L E Y; the text below this line is not legible due to fraying. Both rugs exhibit traditional tribal construction methods characteristic of Northern Afghanistan weaving traditions.
Length (Item 2): 260 cm (measured to the end of the pile excluding fringe); 264 cm (measured to the end of the fringe).
Condition report:
Both rugs show significant signs of age and wear. The first rug exhibits localized areas of heavy pile loss down to the foundation, most notably in the central field (photos 7 and 8), and minor fraying to the side cords. The second rug has thin pile throughout, with a visible hole and area of heavy wear through the foundation near one edge (photo 17). The fringes on both examples are worn, matted, and unevenly distributed (photos 1, 6, and 18).
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