Yayla Tribal Rugs, Company

These rugs are produced with the Faryab line, however we have kept them separate because they all have a particular type of look and design style. They all spring out of the "Gabbeh" tradition of spontaneous and eccentrically woven rugs. Rugs from this genre are best known from southern Iran or...

This line is named after the people who weave these rugs. The Hazara people, who descended from the Mongols, have lived for centuries in the high mountains of Central Afghanistan. They weave these carpets with a Turkish or symmetrical knot. This knot together with the fine supple weave give these...

These flat woven carpets take their names from the Larhabi people from Baghlan province in northern Afghanistan who produce them. They are flat woven rather than pile rugs, however the weft wrap sumak style of weaving gives them a tight, sturdy texture and crisp definition that produces a look and...

This line takes its name from one of the provinces of northern Afghanistan which constitutes the homeland of the Turkmen, who are the primary weavers of these rugs. This line of rugs is Persian knotted. The weaving is medium fine, around 150 knots per square inch. The designs are an eclectic...

The Ersari line was our earliest project and creation. This line of rugs was created by Chris Walter and Jora Agha, an Ersari Turkmen from Akcha in northern Afghanistan starting in 1988. Chris and Jora Agha worked together in Haripur refugee camp in Northwest Frontier Province in Pakistan for...

This line takes its name from the mountainous central province of Afghanistan. These rugs are woven by Turkmen Weavers in Northern Afghanistan. This highly decorative line is finely woven and is Persian knotted with around 170 knots per sq inch. The designs used for the rugs in this line include...

We produce rugs with a contemporary look and feel in several of our lines. Contemporary can mean a number of different things. Some of the contemporary rugs we make have a very simple often geometric look and feel. Some employ different types of weave or different materials, such as silk, to...

These carpets are woven by Turkmen weavers in Northern Afghanistan. They are woven using the Ersari knot which is an asymmetrical or Persian knot. The weaving is of medium fineness, approximately 90 knots per square inch. The name Aryana is an ancient name for the Central Asian region which...