Two Figure Banana Rug
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 754 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 42 x 76 inches
(107 X193 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 10 h X 12 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Banana Medallion War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| This is a special rug from the 1980s. My favorite pattern is coupled with old-style Baluchi figures in patterned clothes is fantastic. The rug shows even wear, but interestingly, colors have worn differently. For example, above the top figure's head are two helicopters and the filled blue is the lowest pile and the red (while tip faded) is remarkably longer pile. As I look at it now, it occurs to me that what I have called the ""Bananas"" when interspersed with triangles, look very similar to the mosque border designs in Mushwani rugs. |
| Wool: Excellent, soft and very fine, but also very short | Sheen: Beautiful depth of color combined with luscious sheen | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Brown goat hair, not shiny like usual, braided overcast |
| Fringe: The ends are reduced. The bottom shows a touch of blue plain weave, but then Persian closure and short fringe. | Pile: 2mm | Warp: Beautifully translucent grayish wool. 2Z1S | Weft: Grey cotton |
| Warp Depression:45 degree | |||
