Indigo Maliky One-OF-A-Kind-Afghan Rug

The Maliky kilim in small format is one of the most useful objects a home can have — a piece with enough visual character to anchor a space, light enough to lift and re-place as the room changes. This one works in deep navy and aubergine, the colours of winter evenings, with a central medallion composition that draws the eye inward through a sequence of nested geometric forms in ivory and teal.

The borders are where the personality comes through: band after band of colour — jewel red, amber, cobalt, saffron — running along the top and bottom in a sequence that is somehow both disciplined and exuberant. Wholly wool, flat-woven in Herat by Turkmen craftspeople.