Prayer War Rug
Miami University Art Museum - 2007-09-07
21 Items - 0000-00-00
Gund Gallery at Kenyon College - 2017-05-26
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, President's Gallery - 2010-08-17
| ID# 957 | Date: 1980s | -:- | Size 34 x 57 inches
(87 X144 cm) |
| Knots/Inch: 8 h X 9 | Origin: Afghanistan | Style: -Prayer War Rugs, Other examples of this style | Tribe: Baluchi |
| This red and orange prayer rug features a series of 6 helicopters landing on what appears to be some sort of buildings or gardens. Running down the middle of the rug is a series of medallions, perhaps also gardens, connected by a geometric stripe and branches of leaves.
Geometric Greek-pattern inspired adrskni mihrab running around the field is interesting, cutting off the top two corners of the field. This is an overall solid and good quality rug with a lot of interesting features. |
| Wool: Soft, short, high quality | Sheen: Shiny | Handle: Floppy | Selvedge: Tightly braided black goat hair with good coverage |
| Fringe: Tan fine wool plain weave with nicely woven grey and red geometric kilim ends | Pile: 6 mm | Warp: Fine looped closure tan wool | Weft: Grey cotton thread |
| Warp Depression:10 degrees to Full | |||
