Swordsman Riding Green Lion in Corner


ID# 387Date: Late 1980s, early 1990sPrice: 18500Size: 6‘3” X 9‘7”
(190 X292 cm)
Knots/Inch:
14 h X 13
Origin: AfghanistanStyle:Ali Kwaja
Perfect
Wool: Best quality Sheen: Very good Handle: Very floppy Selvedge: Two cord black flat two cord wool wrapped
Fringe: Tightly woven kilim ends, both light orange colored with some irregularity in color. Kilim ends have corduroy texture from warp depression continuing -unusually- from pile. Twisted closure followed by overhand knots and most fringe bunched together. At the end of pile and beginning of kilim end is a double strand braided weft float. Fringe at top more orange than fringe at bottom. Pile: 3mmWarp: 2S wool with orange tinge, mostly twisted together grouped by overhand knot closures. This fringe is even finer - smaller gauge- than other Ali Kwaja rugs. All warps are the same color.Weft: Double black throughout pile. Natural color wefts on both kilim ends, also tinged orange.
Warp Depression:Full warp depression



































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