Condition: Sampler rug, or wagireh, featuring portrait of Ahmad Shah Ma'sud. This is a rug a weaver would use to show their skills in weaving different sorts of patterns including elaborate borders, spandrels, portraits, maps, and text. This is a really fine quality rug with small detailed knots.
Wool: Excellent, very fine
Sheen: Good
Handle: Strong, dense, sturdy
Fringe: Red weft faced plain weave with blue line, overhand knots, 2 inch fine quality fringe 2Z1S
Pile: 4 mm
Warp: Very fine naturally colored wool
Weft: Light cotton thread
