{"product_id":"fine-modern-afghan-ziegler-rug-307998","title":"Fine handmade Modern Afghan Ziegler rug - 307998","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis modern take on the traditional Afghan Ziegler has all the trademarks of its namesake but with a more contemporary colour palette. Traditionally, Afghan Zieglers have only a couple of colours featured on the rug, but this piece has quite a few. The dark blue background is a good basis to contrast against the gold, cream, light blue, green, orange and teal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlease click the hyperlinks in gold if you are interested in additional information.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfghan Ziegler rugs and carpets have generally been made in softer tones and different colours for the last twenty years. However, things must move on, and 'welcome to the modern Ziegler rug'. While the design is similar, the colours have changed somewhat, and they are now producing more lively tones. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur Modern Ziegler collections are relatively new. Each handmade rug has many classic Ziegler designs and motifs. They tend to have many more bright colours than traditional Ziegler carpets. The bright, jewel-like colour is maintained primarily by reducing the amount of washing. The classic Zieglers are heavily washed to produce the appearance of age.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOften, people are curious about the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Morris\" title=\"Wikipedia info on William Morris\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWilliam Morris\u003c\/a\u003e connection. Ziegler worked collaboratively with William Morris, taking his designs and securing weavers in \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tabriz\" title=\"Tabriz\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eTabriz\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sultanabad\" title=\"Sultanabad\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSultanabad\u003c\/a\u003e to produce fine examples of traditionally made carpets produced explicitly for the export market booming \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Victorian_era\" title=\"Victorian Britain\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eVictorian Britain\u003c\/a\u003e. The processes were developed at the weaving stage, more crucially extending into the finishing process, particularly the herbal washes used. The fashion was to experiment, and the early Ziegler designs were quite different from this period's traditional rugs and carpets. The Oriental rug trade had not been used in this way before. In many ways, the pioneering techniques used by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ziegler_%26_Co.\" title=\"Ziegler \u0026amp; Co\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eZiegler \u0026amp; Co.\u003c\/a\u003e have been part of the inspiration behind some of the newly designed pieces from Afghan weavers, like the Samarkand and Mamluks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen buying online, it is worth considering the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Quick link to offer more history and information on Jennings rugs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/pages\/about-us\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ecompany\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and the rug. We are a family business with over 60 years of experience selling rugs. We have an unrivalled reputation and pride ourselves on a high level of customer service. We welcome visits to the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Google tour for our shop in the ancient medieval town of Tewkesbury Gloucestershire\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/pages\/take-a-tour\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTewkesbury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e shop. Alternatively, we can assist with online enquiries by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Link for contacting Jennings Oriental rugs team\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/pages\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eemail or telephone\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWe recommend the use of an underlay with this product:  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"For hard flooring and carpets use anti-slip underlay by Foxi®\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/collections\/foxi-antislip-underlay-felt-underlay\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFoxi-underlay to provide grip to stop handmade rugs from moving\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/collections\/foxi-antislip-underlay-felt-underlay\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor uneven surfaces, we would recommend our Felt underlay:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"If your floorboards or tiles are grooved and uneven use our special felt mix underlay\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/collections\/foxi-antislip-underlay-felt-underlay\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFelt underlay for uneven floors\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/collections\/foxi-antislip-underlay-felt-underlay\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct size:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 489px;\" height=\"18\" width=\"489\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 191.008px;\" width=\"115\"\u003e189 x 146cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 281.492px;\" width=\"111\"\u003e(6'2 x 4'9)\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"jenningsrugs","offers":[{"title":"189 x 146cm (6'2 x 4'9)","offer_id":42946786656485,"sku":"307998","price":1325.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1281\/1783\/files\/3079980aModernAfghanZieglerrugcopy.jpg?v=1721310401","url":"https:\/\/www.jenningsrugs.live\/products\/fine-modern-afghan-ziegler-rug-307998","provider":"Jennings Rugs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}