Orange, Red, and Blue Big Rifle War Rug
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
Gallery13 - 0000-00-00
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
| ID# 762 | Date: 1990s | -:- | Size 48 x 72 inches
(122 X183 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 10 h X 9 | Origin: Pakistan | Style: -Red Rugs, a war rug classic. , Other examples of this style | Tribe: Turkman |
| This red rug features bright red, orange, and teal rifles framing an assortment of weapons and military vehicles on an unusual dark blue field. There is a lot of short text throughout the field and in the helicopters. The multicolored red, orange, blue, teal, green, and pink bullets in the field make them seem almost playful.
One of the last 'red rugs' of this style. |
| Wool: Soft, fatty | Sheen: Very shiny | Handle: Medium flop | Selvedge: 2 cord black wool overcast |
| Fringe: White with red band plain weave, overhand knots | Pile: 8mm | Warp: White cotton | Weft: Black cotton |
| Warp Depression:Not depressed | |||
