IN Pictorial War Rugs book(exhibited at Miami University Art Museum)Vertical Herati Pictorial, Large Afghan War Rug (listed as 1402 in Miami U show)
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gallery13 - 0000-00-00
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
- 0000-00-00
| ID# 49 | Date: Supposedly 1990, probably before | -:- | Size 49 x 84 inches
(124 X213 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 6 h X 8 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Three Panel Landscape, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| As opposed to the easy flow between grounds in Plate 2, this rug breaks foreground, middleground, and background into distinct separated panels. Marled threads run through the mountains and road. The vehicle border is typical of early rugs. First example of unusually drawn candy cane striped helicopters and airplanes. |
| Wool: Soft but pile cut very short. | Sheen: Fatty | Handle: Overly soft. Weak. | Selvedge: Checked flat 4 cord overcast. |
| Fringe: Kilim with weft brocade | Pile: 4mm | Warp: 2S naturally colored wool | Weft: Double black cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:No warp depression | |||
