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Very Fine Baluchi Cloud-Medallion Rug |
Exhibited at: Denison Museum, - 2008-02-15 |
ID# 781 | Date: 1980s | Price:$ 1 | Size 39 x 57 inches
(99 X145 cm) | Knots/Inch: 14 h X 10 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Latif Chel War Rugs , Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
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Incredibly high quality fine, dense rug. The wool quality is excellent and the drawings are intricate. Six gold medallions on the cream-colored field are surrounded by smaller medallions and detailed motifs of helicopters. The detailed 'main border' is made up of 12 thinner geometric sections. |
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Wool: Very fine, soft | Sheen: Velvety | Handle: Stiff but flexible | Selvedge: 3 cord flat black wool | Fringe: White chevrons on a dark blue background, weft substitution. Red plain weave stripes on either side. Bases of fringe plain weaved then knotted together. | Pile: 3mm | Warp: Very fine naturally colored wool | Weft: Light grey cotton thread | Warp Depression:Fully depressed |
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