A Large Semi-Old Red Afghan Runner c.1950: 395cm x 95cm sub-Curios Paintings was a retrospective exhibition

Paintings was a retrospective exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain at the Tate Gallery

The virgin queen takes one or several nuptial flights and once she is established starts laying eggs in the hive

Shiraz rugs are the work or nomads and are fairly soft

variety shows and the travelling circus

A Large Semi-Old Red Afghan Runner c.1950: 395cm x 95cm sub-Curios Paintings was a retrospective exhibitionOrigin: Afghanistan Style: Red Afghan Provenance: N A Date: c. 1950 Hand Knotted 100% Wool Pile Length: 395 cms 13 feet Width: 95 cms 3. 1 feet The amply sized Afghan runner, knotted on a foundation of wool and cattle hair, with a Senneh knotted wool pile in the typical blood red and inky blue black having six large central medallions, the ground filled with geometric motifs encased in a gul border. The weaver has obviously woven the runner in three