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Heirloom wool rug
- Item Number
- 189
- Estimated Value
- 1225 USD
- Sold
- 550 USD to nhlag09
- Number of Bids
- 4 - Bid History
Item Description
This heirloom quality rug was hand-knotted by a female Afghan refugee now living in Pakistan. Size is 2’9” x 5’6”
Vegetable dyed, hand-carded, hand-spun native wool on a cotton warp.
Approximately 100 knots per square inch.
Retail $1225
At Little River, our rugs are fairly-traded on the front end, but we also work with non-profit organizations in carpet-weaving communities worldwide. They are funded by rug sales, both wholesale and retail, and benefit our refugee weavers, their families and their communities. {We partner with many refugee weavers: Afghans, now located in the Lahore area of Pakistan, and Tibetans now in Nepal.}
From building schools and medical facilities, to supplying textbooks and clean water systems, they also support economic development and women empowerment, among many other missions.
Each time you look at your rug, you'll know you made a difference.
On behalf of our weavers, and from Little River, we thank you!
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Item Special Note
This item cannot be shipped. Rug must be picked up at the Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash Street. Manchester, NH 03101. Contact Amanda at: ABombara@Currier.org to set-up a mutually agreeable pick-up time.
Little River Oriental Rugs is proud to support Sustainable Style through our selection of rugs that use hand-carded and hand-spun native wools, that are dyed with native vegetal matter, and are river washed and sun dried.
Wool is rapidly renewable and biodegradable, and our 100% wool yarns product a high-quality and eco-friendly area rug. Our use of plant-based dyes, also renewable, is a testament to the most traditional method of coloring fiber.
No matter what color rug you select at Little River, it will be "green".
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