For sale: Hand woven carpet from Afghanistan

Herat Mosque with Armor

ID# 779
Date: 1996
Size: 33 x 54 inches
(84 x 137 cm)
Origin: Afghanistan
Style: Landscape Pictorial War Rugs
Tribe: Baluchi
Condition: This rug uses blue, orange, red, and browns to depict the Herat Mosque. A line of orange and red planes fly above the mosque, and two rows of trees grow underneath. The motif of this rug is sideways in landscape as opposed to running down the rug.
There aren't any main borders, however a guard stripe of red and white 's' shapes on a brown background borders the composition.
Wool: Excellent, cool, soft,
Sheen: Glistening
Handle: Very floppy
Selvedge: Red wool overcast
Fringe: Short multi color plain weave, overhand knots
Pile: 4mm
Warp: Good quality blond wool, 2S
Weft: Black cotton
Warp Depression: Mixed from flat to corduroy
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet
For sale: Afghan War Rug or Conflict Carpet