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Gafsa kilim, banded indigo

A flatwoven runner of horizontal bands in indigo and undyed wool, with small figurative motifs worked into the stripes.

Origin
Gafsa, southern Tunisia
Technique
Flatwoven wool and cotton
Dimensions
240 × 160 cm
Price
€ 890
Status
Available — one piece only
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Gafsa weaving is graphic where Kairouan is ornamental: broad horizontal bands, no pile, and little pictograms — camels, combs, hands — tucked into the stripes by whoever was at the loom that week.

Flatweave means it is light, reversible and happy under a dining table.

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The classic central-medallion zarbia, knotted on a wool warp and dyed with madder root. Dense, heavy, and built to outlive the room it lands in.

€ 1,450

Jerid mergoum, saffron ground

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Diamond lattices in saffron, black and ivory — the oasis weave of the Jerid, worked in hand-spun wool.

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