Abstract Dragon Runner 1 is a rectangular wool rug. Zollanvari Fine Gabbeh quality.A playful and vibrant interpretation of Far Eastern mythology, this runner features the sinuous form of the dragon amidst stylised “cloud-bands" and floral sprays. In the hands of our design team, the traditional dragon loses its austerity and becomes a whimsical traveller across a misty, ethereal field. The palette—a sophisticated mix of lavenders, corals, and soft teals—brings a “Dopamine” energy to a classical layout, creating a hallway piece that is both a conversation starter and a work of art.Bulurbaft, the most ‘classical’ design carpets, are woven in the province of Kurdistan. ‘Bulur’ is Farsi for ‘brilliant’ or ‘precise’, an apt definition for these finely woven carpets that are similar to traditional Bijar carpets in quality and weave. The designs draw inspiration from old Senneh carpets, but refreshed and updated the colour palette to suit modern sensibilities. The Luribaft carpets are knotted by Luri tribesmen or by Ghashgha’i women married into the tribe. The designs are passed down from generation to generation or are recreated using ancient Luri ornaments as templates, since some archaic motifs had vanished from their repertoire. Until the 1950s the Luri tribes worked exclusively with vegetable dyes. The emergence of chemical dyes, mainly from Germany, made it easier to dye wool, but led to a loss of the intrinsic character of these fine carpets. In the 1980s Zollanvari forced a return to the ancient vegetable dyeing techniques and thereby revived the allure of these carpets.