Contemporary Art Deco kilim rug - 185 x 79 cm

Hundreds of tiny hourglasses thread together in vertical chains, like beads on a string, and each one has its own colour: turquoise, meadow green, burnt orange, cream. No two share quite the same shade, and the wool shifts from one tone to the next like a changing light.

In this contemporary Afghan kilim with an art deco sensibility, the hourglass, that sign of balance between two forces, repeats to infinity without ever truly repeating. A wool stained-glass window, handwoven, where the colour changes with every row.

One of a kind.