CARPETS

I have visited Aghanistan regularly since 1972, dealing in tribal art and testiles. In 2003 I asked to design carpets for weavers displaced by the Taliban in order to provide employment for them. It has been difficult working with a country at war but now I am employing 18 weavers who work exclusively on my designs. The carpets have been designed by me and are hand-knotted in pure wool in Afghanistan. The weaving process is slow and the number of carpets produced is limited. The main purpose of the project is to employ weavers, who are mostly women.